humpback whale

A father and son had the shock of a lifetime when a breaching humpback whale nearly knocked their boat over off the Jersey Shore.

The humpback was captured on video leaping from the sea as Zach Piller fished with his father on an 18-foot Starcraft vessel.

Massachusetts Environmental Police say six people were on board a boat when a whale jumped onto it off the coast of Plymouth; no humans or whales were injured

The Massachusetts Environmental Police and the Department of Fish and Games’ Division of Marine Fisheries are asking anyone operating vessels or personal watercraft like kayaks or paddleboards to be careful near Manomet Point off the coast of Plymouth, where three juvenile humpback whales have been feeding

Those who know Plymouth’s Manomet Point say they have never seen anything like a whale breaching out of the water and landing on a boat, which was caught on video Sunday. Here’s what’s going on.

Plymouth Harbormaster Chad Hunter told NBC10 Boston the close encounter occurred around 10 a.m. off the coast of White Horse Beach.

The 19-foot vessel sustained light damage to its bow but was shockingly still seaworthy.

A humpback whale breached off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts on Sunday morning and landed on the bough of a 19-foot boat.