Dock & Piling Cleaning in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL
- 5.0★ on Google · 335 reviews
- Licensed & insured
- $2,000,000 liability insurance
- 5.0★ on Google · 335 reviews
- Photos after every cleaning
- Monthly dive report: zinc % and bottom paint condition
- Licensed & insured · $2,000,000 liability
We clean dock pilings, floating docks and lifts in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea without pickaxes or chisels, in the Bel Air canals and around Terra Mar Island. Every dock in town is private, every one sits in salt water off the Intracoastal, and oysters coat the pilings year-round with nothing to knock them off.
Private docks in Bel Air and on Terra Mar
Terra Mar Island is a man-made island bordered by canals, and the docks around it stand in slow water where oysters and shipworms work on a piling undisturbed. Bel Air canals see more traffic because of the no-fixed-bridge ocean access, but the pilings foul just the same.
Boat lifts are common on these canal lots, and barnacles on the lift and on floating-dock wheels scrape the hull at every launch.
Bel Air and Terra Mar Island came into the town with the 2001 annexation of the Intracoastal Beach Area, and their docks predate that by decades. Terra Mar Island is man-made, just east of the Intracoastal and bordered by canals on every side, so its lots have more dock frontage than most; Bel Air, about a mile north of the town center, has waterfront streets with no fixed bridge between them and the ocean. With no marina and no public ramp in the town, every piling we clean and inspect here belongs to a homeowner.
Every dock in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea belongs to a homeowner. Terra Mar Island docks stand in canals on every side of a man-made island, so lots there often have more dock than house frontage; Bel Air docks see more boat traffic because of the ocean access. A wooden piling that is going is wrapped or sleeved in place, and the dock above it stays put.
Bel Air's ocean-access lots see more boat traffic, so lift hardware there crusts faster; Terra Mar's canals are calmer and the pilings carry heavier oyster. With no marina in town there is no dockmaster to coordinate with, only the owner, who does not need to be there.
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea docks stand on the Intracoastal Waterway, most of them behind homes in Bel Air and on Terra Mar Island. ZIP codes 33308 and 33062: no pickaxes, no chisels, inspection included.
What's included
Pilings
Barnacles, oysters and algae off wood and concrete pilings, with no pickaxes or chisels.
Floating docks and lifts
Growth off dock floats, their wheels, and lifts, including hydro-hoists that sit fully in the water.
Seawall face
Oyster and barnacle build-up removed so it can't eat the wall or hide cracks.
Multi-point inspection
A complimentary check of the structure with every cleaning.
What the multi-point inspection looks at
Growth hides damage, so the inspection follows the cleaning, while the diver can see the structure.
- Shipworm holes in wood and concrete pilings: enough of them and a piling snaps.
- Oyster damage on wooden pilings, which eats the wood while hiding it.
- Floating-dock wheels and hydro-hoist hydraulic lines, where barnacles cut and jam.
- Whether a wrap or a Snap Jacket sleeve would extend the piling's life.
How often docks and pilings need it. Seawalls and concrete pilings: cleaned annually. In our experience, unwrapped wooden pilings on South Florida canals often need help after 10 to 15 years; a wrap from the mud to 2 ft above high tide adds at least 20 years.
Dock & Piling Cleaning in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea: your questions
Can you get a piling wrap onto my Terra Mar dock without a barge in the canal?
Yes. The HDPE wrap is fitted in the water by the diver, from the mud to 2 feet above the high-tide line, with 316 stainless nails. Snap Jacket sleeves go on the same way, without removing the dock above and with no barges or permits.
Is the piling cleaning abrasive?
No. It is 100% non-abrasive Ultra-Cavitation: no pickaxes or chisels touch the pilings, and the wood, concrete or coating underneath is left as it was.
Why does a floating dock need cleaning?
Growth adds weight and bites: heavy build-up can add several hundred pounds to a floating dock and sink it lower, and barnacles on jet ski and drive-on dock wheels scrape the hull every time you load.
Should I wrap my wooden pilings or use Snap Jackets?
Wrap sound pilings, sleeve worn ones. HDPE wraps with 316 stainless nails stop marine borers from the mud to 2 ft above high tide; Snap Jackets pour a new cement sleeve around a warped, damaged or separated piling without removing the dock, and the cement kills the organisms in the wood.
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Dock & Piling Cleaning near Lauderdale-By-The-Sea
How it works
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How many pilings, wood or concrete, and whether there is a floating dock, lift or hydro-hoist. Photos help.
Non-abrasive cleaning
Ultra-Cavitation clears the growth from wood, concrete, steel or rubber without damaging it; then the multi-point inspection.
Protect what needs it
Wooden pilings being eaten get a black UV-stabilized HDPE wrap with 316 stainless nails, or a Snap Jacket concrete sleeve. No barges, and we check what your city requires.
What boat owners say
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Hector ArellanoGoogle review · 8/27/2026“They helped me out with an emergency situation with a customer. Where I needed the…”
Quintin PerkinsGoogle review · 8/24/2026“I used barnacle doctor to clean the hull of my center console and was very happy with their servi…”
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