Videos Show At Least 5 Whales Off Point Pleasant Beach

Several parties of fishermen have been treated to visits from at least five whales off Point Pleasant Beach this week.

Brendan Skerletts, a Point Pleasant native, told The Asbury Park Press that a 35-foot animal could be seen leaping out of the water several times 50 to 100 yards from the fishing boat Barb Gail IV, a boat from Point Pleasant Beach.

Skerletts, who works on the boat, told The Asbury Park Press they were fishing for sea bass, and the boat was in 70 feet of water.

On Tuesday, a vessel from the Queen Mary Party Fishing Boat and Charters saw double-tail whales approach their board – and, at one time, there were four whales near their craft.

Here are the videos:

Photo courtesy of Queen Mary Party Fishing Boat and Charters