Marine life

The Jervis Bay region supports hundreds of species of fish, sharks, rays, marine mammals, birds, crustaceans and marine plants.

The park is home to a unique mix of tropical and temperate species including the weedy sea-dragon, eastern blue devil fish, bottlenose dolphin and little penguin. Fur seals and whales also use the park.
More than 220 fish species have been recorded on the park's shallow reefs. These are mainly temperate species, but some subtropical species arrive in summer.
Jervis Bay's reefs provide food for economically important open water carnivores such as tuna, mackerel and sharks.
Jervis Bay is home to a resident pod of approximately 60 Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins and two Australian and New Zealand fur seal haul-out sites.
Steamers Head in the park's south is home to about 120 seals at the season's peak and a new haul-out site established at Drum and Drum Sticks in recent years has over 100 animals.
The park's sandy beaches, coastal rocky shores and estuaries are key nesting, feeding and roosting sites for waders, shorebirds, seabirds and birds of prey.
The threatened Hooded Plover inhabits pockets of Bhewerre Beach and its numbers are being carefully monitored.