Natural Bridges is the winter home of the migratory monarch butterfly. Visit the Monarch Sanctuary between October and February to see clusters of monarch butterflies as they wait out the winter. 

The beach is an excellent vantage point for viewing shore birds, migrating whales, as well as seals and otters playing offshore. Further along the beach, public access tidepools offer a glimpse of life beneath the sea. Low tides reveal sea stars, shore crabs, sea anemones, and other colorful ocean life. The tidepool shelf is part of the Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve. Please protect the tidepool animals that call this place home by never fishing or collecting. 

The park also includes a large area of coastal scrub and grasslands, with bright native wildflowers in the spring. Moore Creek flows through the park, forming freshwater wetlands and a salt marsh before it reaches the sea.