Dead whale washes ashore at Jersey Shore beach

Wednesday, April 1, 2026
SANDY HOOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A dead whale washed up on the beach on the Jersey Shore on Wednesday, marking the second whale death in the area in the past week.

NewsCopter 7 was over the scene where the whale could be seen in the sand.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it received a report that the whale washed ashore just after 8 a.m.



The whale was identified as a Humpback whale measuring approximately 30 feet in length.



There is no word on how it died.

It comes less than a week after another whale washed ashore on Rockaway Beach in Queens.

Officials determined that whale was hit by a boat.

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