Shark Bay Marine Park

Shark Bay is Australia's largest marine embayment with over 1500 kilometres of meandering coastline. The Marine Park landscapes and habitats vary from rugged sea cliffs, to tranquil lagoons and beaches of sand or shell.

The shallow waters within the Bay sustain a diverse ecology including coral and hypersaline communities, mangroves and seagrass meadows. These provide home to a rich aquatic life of turtles, whales, dolphins, dugongs, sea snakes and sharks, as well as commercial stocks of fish, prawns, scallops and crabs.

Here is the largest area and number of seagrass species recoded in one place in the world. In Shark Bay there are 12 species. These extensive seagrass beds provide a nutritious and protective habitat for other marine life.

There are many places in the Marine Park ideal for boating, swimming, fishing, snorkelling and diving.