There are 28 marine parks and reserves in Western Australia
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The Barrow Island Marine Management Area is offshore and relatively remote. It covers 114,500 hectares includes most of the waters around Barrow Island and the waters around the Lowendal Islands.
Barrow Island Marine Park is a significant breeding and nesting area for threatened sea turtles and its waters support important coral reefs and a diversity of tropical marine animals.
Rock pools and a bright blue lagoon nestled by the coast.
Eighty Mile Beach extends for 220km. Endless stretches of white sand scattered with tropical seashells contrast with the rocky shores, seagrass meadows, tidal creeks and mangrove-lined muddy bays.
Located near Broome Port, this beach has the perfect spot for fishing, watching the sunset and exploring unusual rock formations.
A popular beach located in Broome with a stunning view of the sunset.
Hamelin Pool boasts the most diverse and abundant examples of living marine stromatolites, or ‘living fossils’, in the world, monuments to life on Earth over 3500 million years ago.
The Jurien Bay Marine Park is a protected marine park located off the coastal tip of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
Picturesque submerged reefs and extensive shallow lagoons host a huge variety of marine plants and animals and are a diver’s delight.
The world-renowned Horizontal Falls has been referred to by Sir David Attenborough as one of the great wonders of the natural world.
Lalang-garram/Camden Sound Marine Park is the most important humpback whale nursery in the southern hemisphere. It features spectacular coastal scenery and Montgomery Reef provides an incredible spectacle at low tide.
Marmion Marine Park is a marine protected area located along the coast of northern Perth, Western Australia.
The clear shallow lagoons, reefs and small islands of Marmion Marine Park are a diver’s paradise, forming ledges, caves and swimthroughs inhabited by a wonderful array of fish and invertebrate species.
Mermaid Reef, the most north-easterly of the three reefs of the Rowley Shoals is known for its spectacular diving and approachable fish, such as enormous potato cod.
More than 58,000 hectares of ocean surrounding 265 low-lying islands and islets that are fringed by coral reefs populated with colourful tropical fish.
The Muiron Islands Marine Management Area protects one of the region’s most beautiful underwater wilderness areas and is one of the most popular areas for dive charters from Exmouth.
The Ngari Cape Marine Park features underwater landscapes of breathtaking grandeur and is a great spot for all types of water-based fun.
Plunge into stunning Ningaloo Marine Park with colourful coral gardens and fish just a short snorkel from shore, or dive with gentle giants such as whale sharks and manta rays.
The extraordinary seascape and Aboriginal culture of the 1,845,000 hectares North Kimberley Marine Park attracts tourists from around the globe.
The North Lalang-garram Marine Park lies within Dambimangari country between Lalang-garram / Camden Sound Marine Park and the North Kimberley Marine Park and covers about 110,000 hectares.
The Rowley Shoals include the State managed Rowley Shoals Marine Park and nearby Mermaid Reef, Commonwealth managed Marine Park. These marine parks are effectively ‘aquariums’ in the middle of the ocean with some of the best diving in Australia.
Shark Bay Marine Park is known for its large marine animals, such as the famous Monkey Mia dolphins, turtles, dugongs and sharks. The park and its vast seagrass banks form an important part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.
Welcome to Shark Bay Marine Park, a protected marine park located within the UNESCO World Heritage-recognised Shark Bay.
Only a short drive from Perth, Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is a place where penguins, sea lions, dolphins, rocky reefs, seagrass and shipwrecks converge.
Located in Western Australia, the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is a stunning protected marine park that spans from the northern point of the Garden Island Causeway to the southern point of Becher Point. Covering an area of 6,540 hectares (16,200 acres), this marine park is situated offshore from the suburban locality of Shoalwater.
Three biologically important areas of Perth’s beautiful Swan River collectively make up the Swan Estuary Marine Park.
The untouched nature, wildlife and scenic quality of the Walpole and Nornalup inlets provide a wealth of opportunities for canoeing, boating, windsurfing, fishing and other water-based activities.
The spectacular turquoise waters of this park in Yawuru country on the doorstep of Broome are teeming with marine life and it is one of the shorebird wonders of the world.