Passengers on a boat in New Jersey were taken by surprise when a playful whale breached extremely close to the boat as the passengers were filming.

NEW YORK -- Amazing video of a humpback whale made quite the splash for some boatersYou can see the massive whale breaching the water, just feet from a boat. The encounter happened off the New Jersey coast on Thursday.The unforgettable close encounter left the boaters awestruck but not at a loss for words."I didn't know if I pressed the record button, and I was like 'this better be recording,'" said Paul Ziolkowski, one of the witnesses.A humpback whale weighs, on average, about 40 tons.