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Sunday, August 3, 2025 3:45AM Whale tips boat, knocking woman into Barnegat Bay It was a rare interaction for boaters in the Barnegat Bay off the coast of Ocean County on Sunday. Kim Mancini of Lacey Township recorded video as a distressed Minke whale tipped a boat, knocking a woman into the water. Mancini says that something was visibly wrong …

A whale has died after being struck by a boat Saturday afternoon along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey. Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said they received a call from the New Jersey State Police Marine Unit after they spotted a whale in the Barnegat Bay, near the inlet, around 2:45 p.m. Saturday. MMSC staffers connected …