The whale was identified as a Humpback whale measuring approximately 30 feet in length.
A New Jersey man's houseboat that was swept away in the blizzard is now stuck in the frozen waters of Sandy Hook Bay.
Officials said the fisherman was wading in the waters off the Sandy Hook National Gateway Recreation Area.
Daphne Yun, a spokeswoman for Gateway National Recreation Area and the National Parks Service, says the 12-year-old was with her family when she got into trouble in the ocean off Beach E just before 6 p.m. Sunday.
It's the Fourth of July, and many across the Tri-State Area are taking full advantage of beautiful weather by hitting the beaches and boardwalks.
Eight men had to be rescued from Raritan Bay Saturday morning after their fishing boat overturned between the coast of Staten Island and Sandy Hook.