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OctoDive OctoDive PTY LTD focuses on providing professional underwater ship husbandry services.

OctoDive offers a full suite of underwater and commercial diving services, supporting the shipping industry with safe, efficient, and compliant in-water operations

A morning on the job โš“๐ŸŒ…
14/03/2026

A morning on the job โš“๐ŸŒ…

01/03/2026

Nege gesinkte bote reeds uit die Bergrivier in Velddrif gehaal

A big step forward in Pelican Bay Harbour, Velddrif!The salvage of sunken vessels was completed as a joint effort betwee...
21/02/2026

A big step forward in Pelican Bay Harbour, Velddrif!

The salvage of sunken vessels was completed as a joint effort between ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐’๐€๐Œ๐’๐€, and ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, with ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ง leading and coordinating the recovery of the first of three vessels.

An old derelict vessel poses a few challenges when trying to get it into a floating state again.
The structure is often compromised, which raises the risks to personnel, equipment and the public.

Having a fail-safe method and risk assessment is paramount.
And success is always well received.

Projects like this take teamwork, careful planning, and a strong focus on protecting our marine environment.

Great collaboration all around to get the job done safely and efficiently.
Well done to everyone involved.

Well done team OctoDiveโš“
19/02/2026

Well done team OctoDiveโš“

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
17/02/2026

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Happy Valentines โค๏ธ
14/02/2026

Happy Valentines โค๏ธ

In-Water Hull Cleaning: Managing Risk Through Responsible Practice
13/01/2026

In-Water Hull Cleaning: Managing Risk Through Responsible Practice



Compliments of the Festive Season to all!!Happy and Safe Times...Thank you all for your ongoing support and looking forw...
31/12/2025

Compliments of the Festive Season to all!!
Happy and Safe Times...
Thank you all for your ongoing support and looking forward to a wonderful 2026

As the year wraps up, weโ€™d like to say a big thank you to our clients, partners, and team for the support and collaborat...
19/12/2025

As the year wraps up, weโ€™d like to say a big thank you to our clients, partners, and team for the support and collaboration throughout the year.

From everyone at ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, we wish you a Merry Christmas, a relaxing holiday season, and a happy, successful New Year. We look forward to continuing the journey together in the year ahead.

The past two days have been packed with powerful environmental learning, thanks to the incredible team from ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚...
13/12/2025

The past two days have been packed with powerful environmental learning, thanks to the incredible team from ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! We ended on a high note with a beach clean-up.

๐€ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ.

#๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž #๐‡๐š๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ #๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ˆ๐ง๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง #๐’๐š๐ฅ๐๐š๐ง๐ก๐š๐๐š๐ฒ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ #๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง #๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐“๐ก๐ž๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž #๐„๐œ๐จ๐€๐ง๐๐Ž๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง #๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐…๐จ๐ซ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž #๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ #๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  #๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ

10/12/2025

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐žโ€™๐ฌ mobile barge setup enables our teams to perform in-water hull cleaning (๐ˆ๐–๐‡๐‚) operations with full capture, as well as other technical diving services, while vessel are berthed alongside ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. Depending on the location, vessels may be accommodated at the multipurpose terminal with a 13.4 m draft limit or at the inner anchorage with a 10.4 m draft limit. This operational setup provides both our team and our clients with the convenience of completing full or partial cleans during loading and offloading activities without disrupting terminal operations.

Visit our page at ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ to plan full or partial cleans in Port of Saldanha Bay.

#๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž #๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ #๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ #๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐’๐ฎ๐›๐’๐ž๐š #๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ? Cleaning a ๐’๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ is not only operationally importantโ€”it also has ...
02/12/2025

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ?
Cleaning a ๐’๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ is not only operationally importantโ€”it also has major
๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ. Sea chests are one of the highest-risk points on a vessel for the transfer of invasive species and for unnecessary fuel consumption.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐’๐ž๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐Ÿ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
Sea chests act as ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€œ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฎ๐›๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌโ€ for marine organisms. Their grating, low flow zones, and shaded environment allow:
โ€ข Barnacles
โ€ข Mussels
โ€ข Algae
โ€ข Larvae and eggs to attach, grow, and travel long distances.
If the vessel enters a new region, these organisms can be released and become ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, causing:
โ€ข Collapse of local ecosystems
โ€ข Competition with native species
โ€ข Damage to fisheries and aquaculture
โ€ข Millions in ecological and economic impacts
Regular cleaning reduces the biological load the vessel transports between ports.
Lower fuel burn equals a ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ.

๐Ÿ. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ
When cooling systems run inefficiently due to fouled sea chests, the vessel can discharge ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ-๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง-๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ back into the sea.

This can cause local thermal pollution that:
โ€ข Disrupts sensitive species
โ€ข Affects reproductive cycles
โ€ข Increases algal growth
A clean sea chest maintains proper cooling flow and reduces thermal impact.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ If critical cooling systems fail, machinery can overheat and damage seals or
componentsโ€”sometimes leading to:
โ€ข Oil leaks
โ€ข Hydraulic fluid discharge
โ€ข Emergency machinery operation
Correct cleaning and maintenance help prevent accidental pollution events.

๐Ÿ’. ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ 
A well-maintained sea chest aligns with global and regional environmental
regulations:
โ€ข IMO Biofouling Guidelines
โ€ข Regional biosecurity rules
Clean sea chests form part of a vesselโ€™s responsible environmental management.
Visit our page at ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ to plan full or partial cleans in Port of Saldanha Bay

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