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The ability "Curse of the Deep" (Su) allows the creature to, on a successful grapple check, regurgitate water directly into its victim's lungs and triggering a fortitude save to cough up the water and keep from drowning.
If said creature also has an aura which requires a will save to keep from being paralyzed, and the target fails the save, would they be able to make a fortitude save to cough up the water and shake off the effect?
I know paralyzed subjects are still able to breath but would they be capable of the violent reactions necessary to force the water back out?
Gulping up water would be an involuntary reflex rather than a conscious action. So I'd say you could still do that even if paralyzed.
Notice also that paralyzed swimmers "may" drown. Since it's not "will" drown, a paralyzed person can hold their breath. This seems similar in terms of how much effort it takes on their part.
But you should probably ask someone from Frog God Games how they envision it working alongside paralyzation, since the "curse of the deep" ability, as far as I can tell, is only found on a creature they've published (the Mummy of the Deep). Since that creature also has the paralyzation-aura you spoke of, they have likely considered the possibility of combining the two :)