40-Foot Whale Washes Ashore Onto Rockaway Beach In NYC

Massive 40-foot whale carcass washes up on NYC beach

The 40-foot-long Sei whale was discovered stranded on Rockaway Beach near Beach 95th Street in the morning after an aerial survey team first spotted it floating offshore 15 miles south of Long Island on Wednesday, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society.

40-Foot Whale Washes Ashore Onto Rockaway Beach In NYC

Scientists are expected to perform a necropsy on Friday.

40-foot whale washes up on Rockaway Beach

ROCKAWAY BEACH, Queens (PIX11) --- A dead whale washed up on Rockaway Beach on Thursday morning, officials said. The 40-foot Sei whale was first spotted floating about 15 miles off the Long Island coast before washing ashore near Beach 95th Street on Rockaway Beach, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and NYC Parks Department. [...]

Large whale washes ashore onto Rockaway Beach

The sei whale, approximately 30 to 40 feet in length, washed up overnight after he was spotted in the water Wednesday night.

New York's first dead whale of 2026 washes up on Rockaway Beach

This is the first beached whale reported in the NYC area this year.