The Site is a tropical marine embayment of extensive intertidal flats, sand beaches, extensive mudflats supporting various species of mangroves, and grasslands above the high tide mark. The Site is the first Australian landfall for most migratory shorebirds on the East Asian Australasian Flyway. Notably, the endangered bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) and great knot (Calidris tenuirostris) feed and roost in the Site. Extensive seagrass beds in the bay provide feeding ground for the vulnerable dugong (Dugong dugon). The Site also supports the highest density of vulnerable Australian snubfin dolphins (Orcaella heinsohni) reported to date. It is of significant cultural, social, economic and ecological value to the Yawuru Indigenous people who jointly manage the Site. As the only deep-water port on the Kimberly coastline, the bay supports tourism, commercial fishing and pearling. However, these activities may pose threats to the Site in the future.