A diver cleans your Hollywood seawall and dock pilings from in the water, on North Lake, South Lake or the Intracoastal. Off come the barnacles and oysters, and the wall is there to look at again.
The job is done underwater. The diver clears the growth from the wall, then goes around each piling that holds up the dock. The wall, the dock and any rock at the foot of the wall stay as they are.
In Hollywood the owner answers for the wall. The City's code gives a cited owner two deadlines: progress on the defect inside 60 days, and the repair finished inside 365. Cleaning will not clear a citation. It uncovers the wall, so whoever fixes it can see what they are fixing.
Pilings are our work too: we clean them and we wrap them. When you call, name the water the dock is on and give us a rough wall length in feet.
Section 150.30(D)(2) of the City code says all property owners must maintain a tidal flood barrier in good repair. The clock after a citation: 60 days for progress on the cited defect, 365 days for the finished repair. If you have a notice in hand, tell us the date on it when you call.
Section 150.30(D)(7) calls for natural limerock rip-rap, or another approved habitat enhancement, on the water side of a tidal flood barrier. If there is rock piled at the base of your wall, tell us. We clean the wall and the pilings and leave the rock where it is.
A City project sheet dated November 2025 describes shoreline work at public locations on North Lake, South Lake and the Intracoastal Waterway. It counts 22 tidal flooding sites, with construction, permitting and design under way at that date. That work is on public shoreline. The wall behind your house is still yours to clean and keep up.
City of Hollywood, Tidal Flooding and Shoreline Protection Projects, November 2025
You have 365 days to finish the repair, and 60 days to show progress on it. Hollywood's code counts both from the day you receive the citation. A cleaning early in that window uncovers the wall, so the contractors you call can see what they are quoting. Tell us about the notice when you book.
No. We leave the rock where it is. Hollywood's code says tidal flood barriers are to be faced with natural limerock rip-rap, or another approved habitat enhancement, on the water side. Our divers clean the wall face and the dock pilings. Tell us if rock covers part of the wall, so we know how much face there is to clean.
No. That project is for public locations on North Lake, South Lake and the Intracoastal Waterway. Its November 2025 project sheet counts 22 sites. A wall on private property stays with its owner under the City's code, and cleaning it is a job you book yourself.
Yes. Hollywood's tidal flood barrier rule also applies when fixed structures are installed on a seawall, and it names mooring structures. Its definition covers a dock, a lift and a mooring pile. A cleaning before your contractor's visit puts bare wall and bare pilings in front of them.
Yes. The pilings under the dock are cleaned along with the wall, and we wrap pilings as well. That goes for docks on North Lake, South Lake and the Intracoastal in Hollywood. Give us a piling count with the wall length, and say if you want any of them wrapped.
Yes. You are hiring a licensed and insured dive service. We are a crew from Fort Lauderdale, and we come to your dock in Hollywood, on the lakes or on the Intracoastal. Let us know on the call which water the dock is on, and whether the City has sent you anything about the wall.
