The animal and plant life is diverse and consists of:

Mammals: The largest mammal found in the marine reserve is the humpback whale and on land the African Elephant. The recent (2001) introduction of Elephant into the wetlands system has brought this area closer to "big five" status and has re-introduced a key ecolocigal vector. Some other mammals found here are Buffalo, Rhino, Zebra, Eland and Kudu.

Birds: Of particular interest is the great number of birds to be found here; over 500 species of birds are resident or pass through the wetland system annually and comprise of marine, wetland and forest birds.

Amphibians: The park has one of the largest variety of frogs and their choruses are to be heard at night and on dull rainy days!

Reptiles: The highly endangered gaboon adder and large number of other snake species also reside in this subtropical coastal dune forest. Other reptiles, such as the marine turtles, the Leather Back and Logger head Turtles utilise the protective beaches to breed in ? of each year.