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NBC News
04-08-2025
- NBC News
Boat and whale collision off Jersey Shore coast
In New Jersey over the weekend, there was a scary collision between a boat and a 20-foot Minke whale. The boat nearly capsized and a passenger was thrown overboard. Sea Tow responded to the scene and reported that the animal was deceased. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center received the whale for further examination. NBC News' Sam Brock has the story. Aug. 4, 2025
03-08-2025
- General
Whale dies after nearly capsizing boat off New Jersey's Barnegat Bay
A 20-foot-long Minke whale has died after it collided and nearly capsized a pleasure boat in New Jersey's Barnegat Bay on Saturday, an incident that knocked one boater overboard, officials said. The scary wildlife encounter unfolded in an area north of the Double Creek Channel in Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, officials said. "At approximately 3:40 p.m., a boater in the area reported that a vessel had struck the whale, causing the vessel to nearly capsize and a passenger to go overboard," according to a statement from the New jersey Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC). The person who was knocked into the water was not injured, officials said. Kim Mancini of Lacey Township told ABC Philadelphia station WPVI that she witnessed the incident and recorded video of the distressed Minke whale coming up under the boat and nearly tipping it over. Mancini told WPVI that there appeared to be something visibly wrong with the mammal. "It was really in distress. That's when it would go under boats, it was a crazy experience," Mancini said. Mancini said it appeared the whale was trying desperately to get to deeper water. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said that about 50 minutes before the accident, it received a call that a whale had been spotted in Barnegat Bay near the inlet. Staff from the center, the Coast Guard, New Jersey Marine Police and the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers responded to the area. Officials said that after the collision, the whale was spotted resting on a sandbar in shallow water. An MMSC employee and Fish and Wildlife officers approached the whale by boat but could only get within 30 yards of the mammal. Tidal conditions at the time prevented them from reaching the sandbar to examine the whale, officials said. The whale was later pronounced dead on the sandbar, according to MMSC. Officials said they will try again on Monday to move the whale with the help of Sea Tow, a boat towing company. MMSC said a necropsy will be preformed to determine an exact cause of death. Meanwhile, MMSC is advising boaters to keep minimum of 150 feet away from the whale carcass.
NBC News
03-08-2025
- NBC News
Minke whale dies after colliding with boat off Jersey Shore coast
A Minke whale died after colliding with a boat off the coast of the Jersey Shore. The boat nearly capsized and a passenger went overboard after the collision with the 20-foot whale. The whale will be towed to a nearby state park and will undergo a necropsy, officials said.
NBC News
03-08-2025
- General
- NBC News
Whale dies at Jersey Shore after colliding with boat, officials say
A 20-foot Minke whale died after colliding with a motor boat at the Jersey Shore, officials said. The force of the collision sent a boat passenger into the water. A boater in Barnegat Bay in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, reported Saturday afternoon that a boat had struck a whale in the bay, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, or MMSC, said on Facebook. Sea Tow, which was called in when the whale was spotted in the bay, reported to MMSC that the whale was dead. The collision caused the boat to almost capsize and a passenger to fall overboard, MMSC said. There was no information on the person's condition but they did not appear to be injured. About an hour before the crash, the NJ State Police Marine Unit notified MMSC that there was a whale in the bay. Officials attempted to observe the whale, which, after the hit, was resting in shallow water on a sandbar, but could not get closer than 30 yards due to the tides, MMSC said. Witness video from the scene that was verified by NBC News shows a whale swimming under a motor boat before it tips the vessel onto its side. A person can be seen falling out of the boat. Other videos posted by the witness show a whale swimming around the shallow waters and violently thrashing its tail. Charlie Nunn, the boat's captain, told NBC Philadelphia that this was a freak accident and was not caused by the boaters antagonizing the whale. He said he believes they were in the area before the whale swam through. He said the whale was likely anxious and in fight-or-flight mode, causing the forceful crash. "They're not supposed to be in three feet of water," Nunn told NBC Philadelphia. "They keep bumping into something, it's probably fight-or-flight for the poor thing." The whale will be towed to a nearby state park on Monday and will undergo a necropsy, which could take several hours to complete, MMSC said. The nonprofit warned boaters to take caution in the area north of Double Creek Channel in Barnegat Bay and to stay at least 150 feet away from the whale carcass.
South Wales Argus
12-07-2025
- South Wales Argus
Voyages of Discovery guest captures amazing dolphin display
The guests on a Voyages of Discovery boat trip out of St Justinians were treated to a super pod of around 250 common dolphins and one of the customers onboard the boat captured these superb images. 'We are seeing them every day at the moment. It's absolutely nuts out there,' said Voyages of Discovery's Ifan Price. 'It's a combination of the weather and the fact that our skippers have been with us for 20 years. They know all the spots now. The skippers and the crew have got the hand of being around wildlife.' Ifan said that the spectacular leaps out of the water captured on camera were out of the ordinary. However, on the company's dolphin and wale watching trips, customers have a 93 percent chance of seeing cetaceans. 'We are seeing a lot of Minke whales out there as well at the moment,' said Ifan. 'The weather conditions are really helpful.' Ifan added that regulations preventing foreign trawlers in the Irish Sea had helped replenish fish and sand eel stocks and this accounted for the amount of cetaceans spotted in our waters, as well as the increase in the puffin population on Skomer. 'There is an increase in mackerel and sand eels for feeding off the back of the ban and the dolphins are thriving,' he said. Voyages of Discovery's offshore islands and dolphin voyage is a two-and-a-half-hour boat trip which takes in Grassholm Island and the Smalls. You can expect to see the third largest gannet colony in the UK, the Smalls Lighthouse, common dolphins, porpoises and Risso's dolphins as well as the occasional Minke Whale. Booking is online Local people ring the Voyages of Discovery office on 01437 721911 to take advantage of a 20 per cent discount.
