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Groupon whale watching deals do they work

August 2, 2020 // by bill mckim// Leave a Comment

A few people have been asking me about groupon deals this year so I figure i would write down my thoughts.
Groupon leads to bad sight lines on a boat by having too many people on board, the boat needs a certain amount of money for each trip I would have us all pay a few more dollars person and have less people on the boat and better sight lines for seeing the whales .
Crowded boats sell deals and groupons I do not use groupon this as i want us all to have a safe enjoyable trip and i believe we price it fairly and we deliver. over 75 trips we have seen a whale on all but three of those trips! We guarantee you will see a whale with us if you dont your next trip is free. We fill our boat with happy customers who tell their friends about the special day and safe relaxed atmosphere we provide on the ocean during these uncertain Covid 19 times We are all living in. Any questions call us at 732.451.6003

I think groupon is great for buying an item but not so great if its just going to lead to a full boat, less is more these days book now We are the best whale watching tour in New Jersey by far. Best sight lines from the 2 level boat , best crew and by far we have the best naturalist, narrating the trip of any boat in New Jersey. Belmar Marina is our maine location. We also run a few trips from Point Pleasant Marina.
Bill McKim
Jersey Shore Whale Watch
732.451.6003

Belmar Marina report whale watching 7/26

July 27, 2020 // by bill mckim// Leave a Comment

Here are some photos from our whale watching trip Belmar Marina July 26 2020 Belmar New Jersey Sandy Hook area

This is how we identify the whale, by its tail.

This is how we identify the whale, by its tail.Each tail print is unique

Menhaden Fish bait fish or bunker as some call them

this was a 35 foot juvenile whale off the coast of Monmouth County

the whale swam close to us a couple times. We always stay a proper distance away but the whale follows its food source wherever it goes.

Plenty of room on our charter boat for whale watching and enjoying the day

Osprey with its catch. Atlantic Menhaden. We saw this was we were returning to Belmar Marina

Summer crowds at the jersey shore july 2th 2020

Summer crowds at the jersey shore july 2th 2020 44pm spring lake nj

Whale Watching trip report Aug 18 2019 , Just amazing ! A Triple Breach

August 19, 2019 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

Whale Watching trip report Aug 18 2019 , Just amazing ! A Triple Breach
Perfect hot summer weather brought a huge near capacity crowd to the boat everyone was thrilled to see a triple breach! The whale off the coast of Asbury Park was amazing. The Humpback whale breached 3 times in a row , yes i got the first two breaches perfectly the third wtotally out of focus but i will still share it with all of you.

The best comment of the day was by Billy, a great name by the way.. We were coming back into the Shark river in Belmar and billy who works on the boat as a crew and see whales all the time says to me , ” Even i got excited today and I see whales everyday out here!

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even with a near full boat there was plenty of room on the 2nd floor

Danielle and our captain Alan did an amazing job yesterday

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Part of the triple breaching humpback whale off of Belmar – Asbury park yesterday

On the third breach in 1 minutes time i was not really ready for it or expecting it!

Our first

sightsing was withing 15 mins of leaving Belmar Marina join us soon 732.451.6003

Jersey Shore Whale Watch Photo Contest

July 31, 2019 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

Jersey Shore Whale Watch Photo Contest

July 24th Whale Watching Trip Photos

July 26, 2019 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

We had a large film crew from Rutgers University with us on this trip they filmed our naturalist Danielle M. Brown, M.S.
@RutgersEENR
PhD student studying humpback whale foraging ecology, Lead Humpback Whale Researcher with
@gothamwhale
, stranding response/necropsy volunteer
We had many opportunities to photograph breaching whale, feeding whale, logging whale moves join us on our next trip Sunday July 28th We leave from Belmar marina at 1:30pm.

This is an amazing experience we had a few birthday parties on the boat also

whale watching at the coast of new jersey and new york city

We guarantee you will see a whale!

July 10, 2019 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

Brand new program starting July 2019!

The Jersey Shore Whale watch is the only whale watching boat that we know of to offer whale Checks. A whale check is our guarantee and commitment to you. If you come out on a paid trip with us and we are unable to see any whales, you will get to come back this season for free to have another opportunity to see them. While we do see whales very often (Over 90% of the time), we sometimes get unlucky, and that is why we came up with whale checks to truly guarantee our customers a chance at seeing a whale.

Whales along the jersey shore

April 3, 2019 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

I haven’t really seen too many this winter looking forward to seeing more humpback wells of the beach and Belmar should be starting next week or so then just picks up and gets really big in the fall you’ll see a lot of whales in the fall

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whale breaching off the coast of Monmouth county new jersey June 25th 2018

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June 25th Whale Watching Trip Photos

June 25, 2018 // by billmckim// Leave a Comment

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June 25th Whale Watching Trip Photos
The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring … Humpback whales off the coast of New Jersey feed on Atlantic menhaden
We took out over 30 people on the boat today, (the new boat can handle up to 100 people!) and saw a large pool of Dolphins and then just when people were worried we would not see the star of the show.The first mate Harry spotted a whale!