Aqaba Marine Park is a multi-use Marine Park created to preserve the near shore marine environment for the enjoyment of future generations of visitors form Jordan and abroad.

The AMP is located along the southern coast of the Jordanian portion of the Gulf of Aqaba. It is approximately (7 km) in length, stretching from the southern boundary of the passenger terminal in the north to the southern boundary of the Public Security Officers' Club in the south.

On the terrestrial side, the park boundary extends (50m) east of the mean high water mark, and on the marine side, it extends to either the (70m) bathymetric contour line or to (350m) westward from the mean high water mark.

Extensive coral communities in the form of fringing reefs dominate the (7 Km) long Marine Park coastline. The distribution of the reefs is discontinuous due to embayment, which are the outlets of the dried out riverbeds which form drowned canyons seaward.

Along the Marine Park shore exist (3) types of sea grass communities in the shallow waters ranging from depths of 0.5m to approximately (40 m). While only a few species such as the urchin and the surgeonfish feed directly on sea grass. There beds of sea grass provide important habitats and nurseries to a large number of marine animals. The sandy tidal area is also host to a dense community of creatures including several species of crab.