Exmouth Navy Pier Closed for Defence Maintenance With No Reopening Date

Exmouth Navy Pier is currently closed to scuba diving for extensive maintenance, according to Dive Ningaloo, the operator that holds the site’s exclusive civilian dive licence.

The operator says it is waiting for updates from Australia’s Department of Defence and will publish availability when diving can resume. No reopening date is posted. That makes the closure open-ended rather than a short weather cancellation or a seasonal pause.

The Navy Pier is part of an active Defence facility near Exmouth, Western Australia. It is not a public shore-entry site, and divers cannot bypass the closure by arriving independently or using a private vessel. Under normal operations, access is limited to the licensed operator, tightly scheduled around slack water, and subject to Defence security requirements.

Travel-planning pages still describe the pier as a signature Exmouth attraction, so divers researching older destination material may not see the current restriction. The operator’s live access notice should control trip planning until Defence maintenance is complete and booking inventory is restored.

The closure does not shut down diving across Ningaloo. Dive Ningaloo continues to describe trips to Ningaloo Reef, Lighthouse Bay and other regional sites. Travelers who booked specifically for the pier should ask whether their trip will be refunded, postponed or moved to an alternate site and should obtain that answer before making nonrefundable travel arrangements.

When the pier eventually reopens, divers should recheck the operator’s current certification, experience, identification, timing and surcharge requirements rather than relying on pre-closure details. The site is strongly affected by tidal flow and is ordinarily dived only during narrow slack-water windows.