Waves hit the damaged end of the Juno Beach Pier on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. That end section stays closed after the pier reopens. (Photo: Jupiter Tide)
By Jupiter Tide Staff
Update, Nov. 4: The Town of Juno Beach reopened beach walkover JB2 on Nov. 3. JB3, JB4 and JB6 remain closed pending structural assessments.
JUNO BEACH — The Juno Beach Pier is reopening Saturday, Oct. 31, five days after high surf closed it. Part of it will stay off-limits.
Loggerhead Marinelife Center manages the pier for Palm Beach County. In a notice on its pier page, the center says the "T" section at the end of the pier will stay closed "due to ongoing assessment and repair following recent high surf." It did not give a date for that section to reopen.
The pier closed Monday, Oct. 26, after waves knocked deck panels loose. County parks officials said at the time that some railing also appeared damaged and that crews couldn't fully inspect the 990-foot structure until the surf calmed down. Our Oct. 27 story has more on the damage: https://www.jupitertide.com/p/juno-beach-pier-closed-beach-access-closures
Longer hours start Sunday
Winter hours start Sunday, Nov. 1, according to Loggerhead. The pier will be open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Through Oct. 31 it is open sunrise to sunset.
Fees haven't changed: $2 a day to walk the pier, $5 to fish and $3 for kids 12 and under to fish. Veterans walk free and fish for $3. The pier is at Juno Beach Park, 14775 U.S. Highway 1, and the pier house number is 561-855-6185.
The surf is still up
The water hasn't fully settled. The National Weather Service in Miami has a High Surf Advisory and a high rip current risk for coastal Palm Beach County through 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, with breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet. A Coastal Flood Advisory runs through 7 p.m. Sunday. The latest is in our coastal flood story: https://www.jupitertide.com/p/coastal-flood-advisory-extended-saturday-rip-currents
Some Juno Beach beach access points are still closed, too. The Town of Juno Beach's most recent update, on Oct. 28, said accesses 2, 3, 4 and 6 remain closed until further notice.
The storm damage came in the middle of a six-month refurbishment that started June 1. Loggerhead hasn't said whether the damage will change that schedule.
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Sources
Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach Pier page (reopening notice, "T" section closure, hours, fees, address, phone, refurbishment): https://marinelife.org/juno-beach-pier/
National Weather Service Miami, active alerts for coastal Palm Beach County (issued 3:35 a.m. Oct. 31): https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=FLZ168
Town of Juno Beach, Public Information Update, Oct. 28 (beach access closures): https://www.juno-beach.fl.us/
Jupiter Tide, Oct. 27 pier story: https://www.jupitertide.com/p/juno-beach-pier-closed-beach-access-closures