Service area
Marine Diver in the Southern Gulf Islands - Salt Spring, Pender, Galiano, Mayne, Saturna
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.
About diving in Southern Gulf Islands
What makes Southern Gulf Islands different.
These are the Canadian Gulf Islands - Salt Spring, Pender (North and South), Galiano, Mayne, Saturna, Thetis, Kuper, Valdes, and Gabriola. Not the US San Juans across the border. If you're a boat owner on a mooring or in a marina in the Canadian Gulf Islands, we travel to you.
The Gulf Islands have a mix of everything: full-service marinas like Ganges on Salt Spring and Otter Bay on North Pender, smaller member-only yacht club outstations, Telegraph Harbour at Thetis, Silva Bay on Gabriola - plus a huge number of private mooring buoys tucked into coves and bays across every island.
Mooring inspection is the single biggest service category we run in the Gulf Islands. A typical Gulf Islands boat owner doesn't live on-island full-time, so seeing what's happening on their mooring chain and anchor underwater matters more here than almost anywhere else. We inspect annually before winter, photograph everything, and flag components that need attention.
Marinas & moorages
Where we work in Southern Gulf Islands.
Direct access to most slips and moorings. We coordinate with you, not the marina office.
- Ganges Harbour (Salt Spring)
- Otter Bay Marina (North Pender)
- Port Browning (North Pender)
- Poet's Cove (South Pender)
- Montague Harbour (Galiano)
- Sturdies Bay (Galiano)
- Horton Bay / Piggott Bay (Mayne)
- Lyall Harbour (Saturna)
- Telegraph Harbour (Thetis)
- Silva Bay (Gabriola)
- Private moorings across all Canadian Gulf Islands
Services in this area
What comes up most in Southern Gulf Islands.
Mooring Services
Annual pre-winter mooring inspection is our most-requested Gulf Islands service - chain, shackles, swivel, anchor, all on video.
Service detailsHull Cleaning
Full mobile hull cleaning - we come to your mooring or slip, no need to move the boat.
Service detailsUnderwater Inspections
Post-grounding, pre-sale, and insurance-documentation inspections for boats on all Canadian Gulf Islands.
Service detailsZinc Anode Replacement
Private mooring boats often stretch zinc schedules - we flag depleted zincs before running-gear damage starts.
Service detailsFAQ
Southern Gulf Islands questions.
Which Gulf Islands do you service?
Do you travel out for a single boat, or only when there are multiple jobs?
How do private mooring inspections work?
Can you hull-clean a boat on a mooring ball without moving it?
Background reading
For boat owners in Southern Gulf Islands.
Nearby
Other areas we serve.
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.
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.
Contact
Working on a boat in Southern Gulf Islands?
Tell us where it lives. We'll let you know when we can be there.
- 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.