Contract Divers for Marine Projects

eed certified divers on your project without building a dive team of your own? We supply experienced commercial divers for contract work, short jobs and long-term operations, ready to slot into yours.

What are contract divers?

Contract divers are certified commercial divers supplied to a project on a contract basis, rather than employed directly. They give an operator dive capability for a job, a season or a long-term operation without the cost of keeping a permanent team. Octodive provides experienced contract divers for marine projects across South African ports and offshore.

Why hire contract divers

Keeping a full-time dive team makes sense only if you have full-time diving. Most operations do not. The work comes in projects and seasons, the demand rises and falls, and a permanent crew sits idle between jobs while still costing money.

Contract divers fix that. You bring on certified, experienced divers for exactly as long as the work lasts, scale up when the project demands it, and stand down when it is done. You get the capability and the certification without the year-round overhead, and without the time it takes to recruit and build a team of your own.

How contract diving with Octodive works

Understand the Project

We look at the work, the conditions, the timeline and the standards it has to meet, so the divers we provide fit the job rather than a generic brief.

Match the Team

We provide divers with the certification and experience the project needs, scaled to its size, ready to work into your operation.

Work to Your Operation

The divers work to the project’s plan and safety requirements, in port or offshore, for as long as the contract runs.

Scale and Stand Down

As the work changes, the team scales with it and stands down cleanly when the job is complete. You carry the capability only as long as you need it.

What our contract divers cover

Commercial Certification

Divers certified for commercial operations, not recreational work.

Real Project Experience

Backed by over 30 years of marine civil work.

The Full Task Range

Cutting, inspection, repair, recovery and maintenance.

In-Port and Offshore

Divers who work wherever the project sits.

Short or Long Term

A single job, a season, or an extended operation.

Contract diver questions, answered

What is a contract diver?

A contract diver is a certified commercial diver supplied to a project on a contract basis rather than employed permanently. It gives an operator dive capability for as long as the work lasts, without the cost of keeping a full-time team between jobs.

Why hire contract divers instead of employing a team?

Because most operations do not have full-time diving. Contract divers give you certified capability for a project, a season or a long-term job, scaling up and down with the work. You avoid the year-round overhead and the time it takes to recruit and build a permanent team.

What kind of work can your contract divers do?

The full range of commercial diving: cutting, inspection, repair, recovery and maintenance, in port and offshore. The divers are certified for commercial operations and backed by a full diving company, so they bring real experience to the project, not just a qualification.

Can you provide divers for long-term or offshore projects?

Yes. We provide divers for short jobs, full seasons and extended operations, working in port or offshore as the project requires. The team scales to the size of the work and stands down when it is complete.

We provide contract divers for marine projects across South African waters, from short contracted jobs to longer operations, in port and offshore. The divers come with commercial certification and real project experience, and work to the standards each operation requires. Backed by over 30 years of marine civil experience and run on site by CEO Rob Bower and GM Andre Schoeman.