Available this week · Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands
Hull cleaning, zincs, and inspections. Done right and on video.
Local commercial divers. We come to your slip or mooring, handle anything from a quick zinc swap to full commercial jobs, and send you HD video so you see exactly what was done.
- 5.0 · 53 Google reviews
- $2M liability insured
- WorkSafeBC registered
- Anywhere
- Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands
- Same day
- Response in Victoria
- No haul-out
- All work done in-water
- 100%
- Documented in HD video
Reviews
Read what 53 customers wrote about us on Google.
"It was an absolute pleasure to have Danny and partner come to my sailboat. They did a very professional job and provided short videos of the hull before and after scrubbing and replaced those zinc anodes that needed it. All very efficiently done and at a reasonable price."
"Danny and his diving partner just did a great job cleaning the hull and propeller on my boat. They provided great before and after videos, were quicker than expected and very reasonably priced. I will hire them again for next cleaning. Thanks guys!"
"Danny came to me highly recommended. In turn, I highly recommend Danny to anyone who needs diving services. He was on time, prompt, efficient, friendly and professional. The before and after videos of my C&C32 sailboat clearly showed his high quality workmanship and professionalism."
"Danny worked me into a busy schedule when I hit a rock leaving Oak Bay and needed someone to take videos of the damage. The quick assessment allowed me to make a decision about whether to continue on or schedule a haul out. Danny's service was excellent!"
"I recently had Danny from Danny's Diving Service clean the hull on my 50' motor yacht and replace the zincs, and I couldn't be more impressed. He did an outstanding job. The hull looks fantastic, and everything was handled professionally."
"Danny has dived on my boat twice now, and I've been consistently impressed with his work. He's professional, thorough, and goes above and beyond. After one job, he even followed up with a helpful suggestion for resolving an issue I was having."
"Danny's Diving Services did an outstanding job on the bottom cleaning and zinc replacement on my 40-ft trawler. He was prompt, thorough, and genuinely great to work with — professional, friendly, and clearly knows his stuff."
"Danny jumped in the water within minutes of my meeting him to retrieve a phone I dropped off the end of our slip. It took him even less time to recover the thing! Worth every well-priced penny to have some closure."
"Very professional and thorough. Danny comes prepared and does great work. He has done several dives for me and is my first call for any underwater work. Zincs, hull cleaning, dropped things — you name it."
Services
Underwater work for boat owners and marinas.
Pick what you need. Or call and we'll figure it out together.
Hull Cleaning
In-slip hull cleaning across Victoria and Vancouver Island.
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Underwater Inspections
See your boat below the waterline without a haul-out.
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Zinc Anode Replacement
In-water zinc changes for shafts, props, rudders, and hull plates.
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Mooring Services
Underwater inspection and service for mooring systems across Victoria and the Gulf Islands.
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Underwater Recovery
Dropped a phone off the dock? Lost an outboard, ring, or tools overboard? Underwater search and recovery across Victoria and Vancouver Island, with an underwater metal detector for small or buried items.
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Commercial Diving
Fully insured, WorkSafeBC-registered commercial diving for marinas, contractors, and municipalities across Vancouver Island.
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From your first call to a clean hull.
Most jobs run this exact path. If yours can't, we'll tell you before we start.
- 01
Call or message
Tell us the boat, the marina, and what's going on. Phone triage is faster than any form.
- 02
We come to the slip
No haul-out. We dive on the boat where it lives — Victoria, Sidney, Cowichan, Sooke, the Gulf Islands.
- 03
Work, recorded
Every dive is filmed in HD. You get the footage and a written report — usually within 24 hours.
- 04
Honest invoice
Straight pricing based on what the job actually took. No surprise add-ons.
See the difference
Quality you can see.
We don't ask you to take our word for it. Every clean is filmed in HD, and you get the before-and-after as part of the job.
- Footage you can show your insurer or a buyer
- Anything we notice on the hull, prop, or zincs gets flagged
- No haul-out, no boatyard fees, no losing your weekend
Hover or tap to play · 38ft sailboat, Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC)
Where we work
Anywhere on Vancouver Island or the Gulf Islands.
Greater Victoria daily, the Saanich Peninsula and Sooke regularly, the Gulf Islands and Cowichan Valley on a steady rotation. North of there — Nanaimo, Comox, Campbell River, Port Hardy — we travel for the work. Just call ahead.
Greater Victoria
Based in Victoria - we dive on boats in the Inner Harbour, Oak Bay, Cadboro Bay, and Esquimalt every week. Local diver, local rates.
Sidney & the Saanich Peninsula
The Saanich Peninsula holds more boats per square kilometre than anywhere else on Vancouver Island. We dive at Van Isle, Canoe Cove, Tsehum, Westport, and Brentwood Bay every week.
Sooke & the West Shore
Sooke, Pedder Bay, and Becher Bay sit at the mouth of Juan de Fuca, and boats there see conditions unlike anywhere else on southern Vancouver Island. We make the trip out regularly.
Southern Gulf Islands
The Canadian Gulf Islands - Salt Spring, Pender, Galiano, Mayne, Saturna, Thetis, and Gabriola - are where a big slice of our mooring and offshore hull work happens.
Cowichan Valley & Mid-Island
Cowichan Bay, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, Ladysmith, and Chemainus - mid-island moorage with a distinctive mix of classic wood boats, cruisers, and working fleet.
See all service areas
Every area and marina we dive across Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
15 years of diving Who's under your boat
Owner-operated. You're dealing with the diver, not a dispatcher.
I'm Daniel Garcia. Born in Peru, grew up in BC, trained as a commercial diver in Spain — and now back home in Victoria, fully insured and WorkSafeBC registered, running my own outfit.
I'm in the water on most jobs personally. When scope or scheduling calls for a second diver, anyone I bring is someone I vouch for — picked for how they treat your boat when no one's watching.
Contact
Get a quote
Tell us about the boat and where it lives. We reply within a business day — usually faster.
- Phone
- Phone (778) 535-4506
- Email dannysdivingservices@gmail.com
- Hours
- Hours Mon–Sat, 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Emergency response available
Urgent — fouled prop, suspected damage, dropped item — call. We triage by phone faster than by form.