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Another great weekend of whale watching

Saturday we did three Whale Watching trips. We saw Whales on all three trips to III Whales on the afternoon and evening trip. We also saw dolphins. It seems like it’s almost peak season right now. Whales are everywhere. Come on out with us Jersey Shore Whale Watch on her boat jersey girl. See you […]

Point Pleasant Firework Thursday $20.00

What time do fireworks start at Point Pleasant Beach? Join us on the beach for our weekly fireworks every Thursday starting at dark https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/jerseyshorewhalewatchingtour/items/428079/availability/1229531123/book/?full-items=yes

July 4th weekend whales everywhere along the New Jersey coastline

Linda writes: July 4th whale watch. Was hoping to get the trip in and it looked promising as we left the dock that indeed that would happen. In the inlet saw the ospray on the nest as well as a Great Egret. Once on the ocean, relief from the heat and humidity! It must have […]

Saturday July 1st whale watching report Belmar

Saturday, July 1st: Today was a beautiful day for whale watching! It was a warm and sunny 80° day with clear blue skies. After leaving the Belmar inlet we headed North up into Long Branch to look for the whale that was spotted yesterday. On our way North we passed some bottlenose dolphins swimming by. […]

Flash Sale Long Branch Fireworks July 4th tickets $35

Book your tickets for Tuesday July 4th, today we have a 1 day sale for Long Branch annual beachfront fireworks show, we leave the dock at 7:45pm sharp and return right after the fireworks around 10pm Regular price is $45 July 4th Fireworks Show Long Branch Beach front

Thursday afternoon whale watch trip report 6/30

Thursday, June 29th: Another great day of whale watching! It was a beautiful sunny 80° day with very calm ocean water. After heading out of the inlet we headed 3 miles off shore which is where we have been seeing our whales lately. After heading North all the way into Sea Bright we passed several […]

Special Flash Sale Asbury Park Fireworks Boat trip $25

Book your tickets for Monday July 3rd , today we have a 1 day sale for Asbury Park annual beachfront fireworks show, we leave the dock at 8:00pm sharp and return right after the fireworks around 10pm Regular price is $35

Special Belmar fireworks trip Friday just $20

Book your tickets for Friday , today we have a 1 day sale for Belmar annual beachfront fireworks show, we leave the dock at 8:30pm sharp and return right after the fireworks around 9:30pm Regular price is $35     https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/jerseyshorewhalewatchingtour/items/428079/availability/1079257754/book/?full-items=yes

Saturday and Sunday whale watching report

Linda writes: Sunday Today’s whale watching was a great day filled with so much diverse life. Saw: dolphins, whales, Great Egret, osprey, Black Crowned night heron, various gulls, Cory’s Shearwater, lots of bait fish, and Danielle saw a sea turtle that we probablyall missed. When leaving my house today to go whale watching it was […]

Tuesday June 20th whale watching report

The trip started off slow and end up being the best trip of the year! Tuesday, June 20th: Yesterday was one of the best whale watching trips of the entire season! It started as an overcast day where we started going South into Spring Lake to possibly find a whale that had been spotted down […]

Great weekend of whale watching and dolphins

We had a fantastic weekend, Whale Watching and dolphins everywhere along the coast line Father’s Day Sunday was especially amazing we had over 150 dolphins off the coast of New Jersey just about 1 mile from the beach and two humpback whales Saturday we had four humpback whales and some dolphins. Also just a great […]

Saturday June 11th trip report wow

Saturday whale watching about 3 miles off Sea Bright NJ

James a frequent passenger writes today report: What a terrific day of Whale & Dolphin watching aboard the Jersey Girl in Belmar, NJ. Here are some shots of the Humpback Whales which we’re spotted off the Jersey Shore in the Atlantic Ocean 🐋 While it started off a little slow – it picked up big […]

Whales breaching Friday Belmar whale watching company

Linda writes: So often people say, “someday I want to go whale watching”. Today was that “someday” that you should have went whale watching! Perfect weather day: cloudless sky, nice temperature, calm ocean! That alone was priceless! Jersey Girl headed north out of the inlet, and to tell the truth, I was hoping to see […]

Saturday whale watching May 27th Belmar report

LInda writes: It’s been a few day since I was out on the water! The start of the Memotial Day weekend and beginning of a staycation! Some frequent passengers as well as brand new passengers to Jersey Girl were all on board and ready for an adventure. Hopes were high as reports of whales in […]

7 humpback whales Tuesday NJ school day trip

School class trips

We had a great group of New Jersey school, children grades, five and six about 60 kids with chaperones Tuesday. We are watching seven humpback whales with the class trip they they will never forget. We all really enjoyed it and remember we have the only working scientist that narrates we are watching in New […]

Wednesday afternoon sunset whale watch May 10th 2023 report

Linda writes :   https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/jerseyshorewhalewatchingtour/items/286591/availability/988071460/book/?full-items=yes Late afternoon whale watching trip. People from NY and northernNJ seemed to be in the majority today. Weather was so nice and warm at the dock. We headed north since that is where the majority of whales have been located. Suddenly saw a huge splash that at first thought it […]

Monday whale watching video Sandy Hook NJ wow

As a proud member of Whale SENSE, we are committed to responsible whale watching practices. All photos were taken in compliance with established guidelines and regulations.We are the only educational whale watching tour narrative by working scientist in the area of whale research in New Jersey.Any questions call us at 732.592.6400 We love taking schools,camps and group tours at times that can fit your schedule.We are a full time whale watching company. Jersey Shore Whale Watch since 2016 showing you the oceans beauty. - Bill McKim Belmar NJ

We had a great whale watching trip, we guarantee you will see a whale on our trips. Remember we dont take coupon or any Groupon things. We promise you the safe and most affordable whale watching trip in New Jersey close to the beach, we know where the whales feed after years of doing this […]

Sunday May 7th humpback whales

Another beautiful day on the water!! Again, only a couple of passengers had ever seen a whale in its natural habitat. Had the feeling it was going to be a great day because we were still in the inlet and saw so much action! Two osprey we’re flying and fighting over a fish, saw the […]

Best time of year whale watching New Jersey

Whale watching season in New Jersey

http://WWW.JERSEYSHOREWHALEWATCH.COMRight now the whale watching is fantastic in New Jersey there are 2 whales this morning right off the beach in Belmar New Jersey . Join us for an educational exciting whale watching experience The orignal whale watching tour from Belmar marina, phone 732.592.6400 or visit www.jerseyshorewhalewatch.com. We guarantee you will see a humpback whale […]

Saturday May 6th 2 humpback whales near Sandy Hook

As the passengers boarded the Jersey Girl, it seemed as if almost no one had previously seen a whale in the ocean. Well that changed today ! We headed north out of the inlet with the plan to head to the Sandy Hook area. It was near perfect ocean conditions with a beautiful blue sky […]

Here are the seating choices photo on Jersey Girl Boat

Our new boat is the biggest and roomiest boat at the Belmar Marina, with amazing sight lines from all seats here are some photos of the seating areas This is VIP seating Box A and Box B   This next photo is our lower level reserved seats. These are great seats for when maybe you […]

Jersey Shore Whale Watch-First Annual Festival of Whales

Jersey Shore Whale Watch-First Annual Festival of Whales Known for the best year-round whale watching experiences, Jersey Shore Whale Watch is gearing up to celebrate our sixth whale watching season with the 1st Annual Jersey Shore Festival of Whales, May 1-17. The Festival pays tribute to the annual migration of whales past the coast of […]

Saturday Earth Day whale watch 2023

What better way to spend a Saturday but on the ocean and celebrate Earth Day! As part of the celebration, each adventurer on the Jersey Girl receive a whale watching t shirt. It was a large group of adventures, ready for an exciting time. Most people had not seen a whale before even though they […]

Humpback Whale breaching off Belmar last night

Humpback whale watching 2023 Belmar New Jersey

There was a humpback whale breaching about a 1.5 miles of the Belmar Beach around 16th Ave. last night. Whale watching season in New Jersey runs from April thru the beginning of December . This is the view from the boardwalk come out with us on the Jersey Girl whale watching boat to see it […]

Easter Sunday Whale Watching trip

Spent the afternoon on the water. Yes, it is whale watching time again! It has been a little over 4 months since the last whale watching trip. Today was opening day: the first trip of the year with Jersey Shore Whale Watch. It was a great crowd and the anticipation was high. Many of the […]

5 whales this morning off Belmar Beach March 8th 2023

How do I know it was five whales today ? 2 were way north of Me off the 9th ave jetty, and two more were south of me ear 16th ave 1.5 miles offshore, the 5th whale was 3 miles offshore near 16th ave @CanonUSA I need high powered binocs with a decent jpg capture […]

December 2nd whale watching trip report

Linda joined us today so she writes:   Cold, December, storm tomorrow; all reasons not to go whale watching. Turns out, it was probably the best day ever of whale watching at the Jersey Shore! A group of students from MRHS were on board and they were ready for an adventure. They had a trip […]

November 26th Whale Watching Trip, ok this was amazing.

As usual i will let Linda tell the story: Every time I think it is my last whale watching trip of the year, another opportunity arises! We headed north out of the inlet ( been going south for the past few weeks). Northern Gannetts kept us entertained as we sailed past Long Branch. Off of […]

Wednesday afternoon whale watch Nov 23rd 2022 perfect weather

I will let Linda do the write up later : Here is Linda’s trip review: An absolutely gorgeous day in November to spend on the ocean whale watching. The day before Thanksgiving, who would think we would be able to whale watch? Bill brought hot chocolate and donuts to enjoy on the boat! It was […]

Saturday Afternoon Finbacks and more Nov. 19th 2022

  Linda writes: Temperature was to stay in the low 40’s but had the opportunity to go whale watching! Not a hard decision as this is whale migration season and you truly never know what you may see. Nice size group of people on the trip, allowing everyone to stay in the heated cabin if […]

Weekend Update November 12 , 13th 2022 whale watching

Saturday and Sunday November 12th and 13th We didn’t go whale watching as the seas were too rough. The whales were still out here close o shore so we hope to be out there this coming weekend. Here are a couple photos i took Sunday with our drone whales off Belmar beach all day Sunday […]

Thursday Whale Watching trip report November 10th 2022

We found 3 humpback whales today about 2 miles from the inlet what a beautiful day on the ocean. I wore a sort sleeve shirt for most of the trip it was that nice out.We have stormy weather coming in for the rest of the weekend so no trips for a few days. Passenger Barbra […]

Sunday Whale Watching Trip Report

We guarantee you will see a whale

The whale was seen in the distance but was elusive so everyone on board got a nice day on the ocean and a free return trip in 2023 to come out and see a humpback whale

5 whales on A Saturday afternoon sunset trip November 5th 2022

I’ll will post about 30 photos later this morning Linda writes: Whale report in 1 word: WOW! Just kidding but it does say what a spectacular day it was! We headed out of the inlet going south as that is we’re the reports of whales were coming in from. Earlier in the morning, people were […]

Friday November 4th 2022 whale watching report

Linda writes the review today Sunset Whale Watching tour? Sounded like a great idea! When I got to Belmar it was foggy and wasn’t sure if we would be able to go out on the water or if so, would we be able to see a whale? We went out and saw what looked like […]

Weekend whale watching schedule Belmar Marina

We are going whale watching Friday and Saturday this weekend get tickets now we might add a Sunday trip also , whales have been in Belmar and Avon by the sea all week, great weather forecast this is it folks get out here now!

Sunday Whale Watching Trip Report Oct. 30th 2022

We guarantee you will see a whale

Well it had to happen and today it did, no whale.. So everyone got a nice sunny fall afternoon on a calm ocean and a free return trip. Today was one of our rare misses this year. The 2022 season has been the best season yet, but not today. We still have a few more […]

Wednesday small group in our whale watching trip big surprise 10/26//22

After a foggy morning, I decided to take advantage of a warm fall afternoon yesterday, and I’m glad I did. It was clear until heading to the Ocean Ave Bridge and it got quite foggy again. Reports were that it was patchy fog, so off we went headed south where whales have been for the […]

Saturday afternoon sunset whale watching trip Oct. 22nd

Perfect weather on the flat calm ocean Saturday for whale watching trip Belmar Marina , We were able to stay local as the whale was in Spring Lake, just 2 miles from Belmar beach  a great afternoon trip. Yesterday’s Whale watching trip was so much fun! Started out from Belmar and headed south. There were […]

14 Hour Trip Report Chicken Canyon WOW

The weather was beautiful the ocean was calm we were in 550 feet of water where the whales can really disappear any come up when then need air! Here are some of the photos from the trip Friday 10/21/2022 Offshore Trip Species Report What was supposed to be a trip out to the Triple Wrecks […]

Sunday Oct, 16th Whale Watching Report

Passenger Sandy writes todays report, she takes great photos here is here report and photos: We had to travel farther today to find a whale. We went as far as Seaside Heights. So glad the ocean was much calmer than yesterday. On the way we saw some dolphins around Manasquan. They must have been feeding […]

Saturday Oct, 15th 2022 whale watching report

Frequent Passenger Linda writes:   Another whale watching adventure! Didn’t have to go very far to say hello to our whale but he was difficult to really locate him at the beginning. Saw a spout near the Seastreak and then a second but then it took a while before we saw it again. It was […]

Sunday funday whale watching 9/25/2022

Passenger Linda write our review today: With a storm coming in for the late afternoon/evening, I wondered what type of whale watching day it would be. Well the water was rougher than yesterday but it was okay and at times like a ride on a small roller coaster. The kids on the boat were having […]

Saturday 9/24/2022 whales 4

4 whales today here is passenger Sandy’s report: We watched one whale off of Long Branch for a long time today. It was so close to shore that it didn’t do much. No tail or anything. At one point we were waiting for it to surface and it came up quite a distance away. Then […]

Saturday and Sunday September 17th and 18th whale watching report

As per Linda On a beautiful day, you go whale watching. Today Sandy spotted the whale first!!!! It was off of Long Branch. This whale would hang out a lot on the surface and then do a deeper dive. Hanging near the surface allowed for viewing the pectoral flippers that seem to glow a beon […]

Friday September 16th 2022 2whales close to home or 3

We had another great day it whale watching close to home we found the first whale in Avon by the sea and the 2nd whale in Bradley beach it was perfect weather about 75 people on the boat flat calm seas everyone enjoyed it! Plenty of fall whale watching season tickets available join us soon.

Wednesday September 14 2022 trip report Jersey Shore Whale Watch

We had two sets of wheels off of the sea bright deal New Jersey beach area on Wednesday a wonderful trip beautiful skies beautiful fall weather nice size crowd about 60 passengers everyone enjoyed a beautiful day in the ocean seeing whales and dolphins a total of four humpback whales were seen our season runs […]

Labor Day Monday 2022 trip report a Trifecta!

What an amazing season its been, our best ever Linda writes: Once again, many first time whale watching passengers who says that they never knew whales were in the NJ area. Well, now they know! We went north out of the inlet and kept heading north towards the Highlands and Sandy Hook. Sure enough, first […]

Sunday September 4th trip report

Sunday 9/4/22 Species Report 2 humpback whales 🐋 30+ bottlenose dolphins 🐬 And a flying tuna! Sandy writes the report: We found another whale off of Long Branch today. This time it was #91. He was a little more cooperative and zig zagged back and forth on both sides of the both. He did a […]

Saturday Sept 3rd report

From passenger Sandy: We saw two whales today, which is great, but the best part of whale watching is the people you meet. I got there early as usual and wasn’t even the first one there. Met some very nice people that drove from Binghamton. Another couple from Montreal was visiting friends. There were lots […]

Friday trip report 9/02/2022

Friday 9/2/2022 Species Report Morning Trip 100+ bottlenose dolphins 1 osprey Friday 9/2/2022 Species Report Afternoon Trip 1 humpback whale Dozens of cownose rays Several ospreys Here are some great photos taken by passenger Vicky

Saturday afternoon whales and more Aug. 28th sharks!

Saturday 8/27/22 Species Report 2 humpback whales! 🐋 10 bottlenose dolphins 🐬 Dozens of cownose rays 4 blacktip sharks 🦈 1 osprey 🦅 I took it easy photographing the whales today, our dear friend Ann Maries , who sell all the merchandise on board for us has been sick> I could tell I have been […]

Friday afternoon whale watching adventure 8/26/2022

Passenger Patty writes today: This. Is. Why. I. Go. This is #40. An approximately 11 year old humpback. After looking where some whales were supposed to be, and the ocean turning into a Disney E ticket ride, we were heading back into the marina. Then, just south of Bradley Beach, this fella shows up. It […]

Wednesday reports 3 trips

Wednesday 8/24/22 Species Report Morning Trip 1 humpback whale 🐋 Cownose rays Ospreys 🦅 Wednesday 8/24/22 Species Report Afternoon Trip 2 humpback whales 🐋 Cownose rays Ospreys 🦅 Wednesday late afternoon trip 3 humpback whales

Monday Aug 22nd Whale watching trip report

We had a great day whale watching today we saw 3 humpback whales with one of the smallest crowds we have had all summer about 35 people on board. Everyone had great sight lies and most were first timers who could not believe they were seeing humpback whales with the jersey shore in the background […]

Sunday Aug. 21st whale watching report

Linda writes: Another beautiful day on the water! Headed out of the inlet and went north because there were reports of whales between Long Branch and Sandy Hook. With NYC serving as the background, we found 2 humpback whales. They are 2 whales we have seen several times this year: # 11 and # 73. […]

34 or more breaches Thursday photos

Ok so here are the photos, a couple are a landing where I missed the breach I’m looking right and the whale breaches to the left, but you get the idea. I would love to see the photos you got also email me [email protected]  

Thursday the most amazing whale watching trip photos Aug 18th 2022

So this must be peak whale watching season here in New Jersey. Book your trip now can you tell where we were today ?   Linda writes the review today : Wow! It seems this summer I have used that word many times to describe a particular whale watching trip. Several times I have said […]

Monday Aug. 15th Report 3 whales

Another great day whale watching a full boat, come out whale watch with the best whale watching tour on the East Coast Jersey Shore Whale Watch Here are some photos from today

Saturday August 13th report

5 whales! That is right 5 whales today a beautiful day on the ocean,very calm ocean conditions photos will be posted Sunday

Thursday August 11th trip report

Thursday 8/11/22 Species Report 2 humpback whales 🐋 30 bottlenose dolphins 🐬 1 osprey 🦅 1 common loon (out of season) 🪶 1 unidentified shearwater 🪶

Wednesday Aug. 10th trip report

We had a active lunge feeding whale today Wednesday Aug. 10th Wednesday 8/10/22 Morning Trip Species Report 50 bottlenose dolphins 🐬 Wednesday 8/10/22 Afternoon Trip Species Report 1 humpback whale 🐋 1 osprey 🦅 1 cownose raywhale

Saturday Afternoon whale watching report Aug. 6th 2022

We had another beautiful day at Whale WAtching Naturalist humpback whale off the Sandy Hook we were out on the ocean for about 3 1/2 hours beautiful day a little bit of a bumpy road on the way back because of winter picked up people who wanted to get sprayed by the ocean waves got […]

Friday 4 whales

What an awesome trip Friday August 5th We had a Minke whale off the Beach just North of Asbury Park, that was our first Minke whale this year.The Minke whales are very fast movers and are about 20 feet long this was a big one.We then encountered 2 humpback whales near the beach in Deal […]

Thursday Whale Watching Trip was a 2 for!

Linda writes: What a day! As we were approaching the last bridge before we “head off into mammal territory”, the ocean, I took a picture. It was 1:33 pm on my camera. I already had spout picture at 1:38! I didn’t bother with some of the earlier spouts. There were 2 whales, # 73 and […]

2 trips Wednesday both successful

Early morning Dolphin/shark watching trip. Danielle saw a shark about 3 feet down in the water but that was it for sharks. Trip was so refreshing in light of the temps reaching over 90 today. Found dolphins within 9 minutes of leaving the dock! Felt like the dolphins were giving us a tour to the […]

Monday whale watching trip report

We had a very active humpback whale today Monday August 1st.This has been our best season ever, tell your friends we are booking trips from Belmar and Point Pleasant marinas 7 days a week. Jersey Shore whale Watch has over 10 trips a week right now. Grab your friends and enjoy a day on the […]

Sunday whale watching report

We had another successful whale watching trip once again we were off the sea bright Sandy Hook area about 5 miles offshore oil put on a great show for everybody everybody and all sides of the boat got tail shots here’s a few from today

Trip report Saturday July 30th Jersey shore whale watch

I knew today was going to be special as i was looking out at the ocean views from my home and saw several hundred dolphins going by in the early morning light. The whale watching trip did not disappoint, there was no need for our iron clad whale watching guarantee. “If you don’t see a […]

Friday July 29th trip report

More info to follow here are a couple photos from todays close encounter I have heard it said many times that every whale watching trip is different. This one was surely different in all positive ways! Within 15 minutes of leaving the dock, we came across some dolphins. What I thought was a small pod […]

Trip report July 27th

We had a new humpback whale today, a beautiful day with a pretty full boat. Joking us soon this is peak whale watching season in New Jersey, we also saw dolphins on the morning trip. A great day on the ocean and our trip from point Pleasant was also success in seeing a whale.\

Point Plesant Whale Watching trips Wednesday and Sunday

We have been seeing whales on all our trips from point pleasant so if you are in the seaside heights area or Bayhead look for our point pleasant trips every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday 3pm for tickets call us at 732.451.6003 or buy online below you can also change your date at no extra fee

Saturday 4 different humpback whales and more

Linda writes the review today: A little girl on the boat had a shirt on that said, “ride with Unicorns and swim with mermaids. It was that type of magical day! After all, It is World Whale and Dolphin Day! We were still at the dock when an American Bald Eagle flew overhead and down […]

Friday afternoon 2 humpback whale and more breaching

Well there are those special days and this was one of them.The days where you think its hot ill enjoy just being on the ocean and the a humpback whale breaches totally out of the water.Here are the first few photos, share with your friends its been an amazing season. We had string off the […]

Wednesday success continues whale and ospreys today

We had another great whale watching trip today Wednesday we are up in the Sandy Hook area we saw very active humpback whale and an osprey feeding trying to fish back to its nest think about coming with us Friday we are going to go looking for dolphins shorts and seabirds on the morning trip […]

Sunday whale watching trip success

We had a great and relaxing day watching a humpback whale off the coast of Avon by the sea today. The humpback was very boat friendly and came right up to the boat mugging for photos.   Frequent passenger Linda writes her review of the Sunday whale watching trip: “This was such a unique whale […]

Whales dolphins pelagic birds an amazing Saturday

    Here are two iPhone photos by passenger Drew D. From Saturdays trip, great photos amazing iPhone photos, if anyone else got some send us a copy to [email protected] Saturday 7/16/22 Species Report 2 humpback whales 🐋 Hundreds of bottlenose dolphins 🐬 stealing the show as usual:) 6+ Wilson’s storm petrels 4+ shearwaters 2+ […]

Plenty of dolphins today

What an absolutely beautiful day to go whale watching.: 80’s and mostly clear sky. We were all excited to go find a whale. Heading out of the inlet, we saw 2 Great Egrets and the Osprey on the nest. Saw some large areas of bait fish on the way north but no whales or sharks. […]

No Whale spotted on the Wednesday trip plenty of dolphins

Well we made our best effort,but sometimes the whales elude us and we traveled for 3 solid hours looking and we did find the following Wednesday 7/13/22 Species Report 1 group of 10 bottlenose dolphins 🐬 1 group of 30 bottlenose dolphins 🐬 4 cownose rays (why is there no stingray emoji!) 4 ospreys 🦅