Iguana removal in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL
The whole town sits on a narrow barrier island with the Intracoastal on one side and the Atlantic on the other, so nearly every problem property here touches water. We service Bel Air, Terra Mar Island, and the streets off El Mar Drive on scheduled Broward routes.
Same-day
7 days a week
$125+
single visit, no contract
5.0
123+ Google reviews
Licensed
insured · FWC-compliant
Where iguanas cause trouble in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Terra Mar Island is the clearest hotspot: the finger canals and guarded waterfront lots there give iguanas seawalls to burrow into and docks to bask on. Bel Air's Intracoastal-facing home sites just north of the town center see the same pressure, with animals grazing landscaping and dropping into pools. Along the Commercial Boulevard drawbridge basin and the seawalls near the Town Center, iguanas move freely between yards using the water's edge as a highway.
Most pressure in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea tracks the water — Intracoastal Waterway, Terra Mar finger canals, Commercial Boulevard drawbridge basin. If your property backs up to any of it, burrowing and basking are almost certainly part of the picture, and the part that does the structural damage.
Intracoastal Waterway seawalls
Iguanas bask on the cap at first light and dig dens straight into the bank until the wall starts to fail.
Burrows by foundations
Nesting burrows run under patios, driveways, and A/C pads — the hardscape settles and cracks above them.
Roofs, cages & lanais
They climb to bask on flat roofs and screens, then drop into pools and pool cages they can't climb out of.
Fruit trees & thick beds
Hibiscus, sea grape, and any fruit tree are both a buffet and a hideout right up against the house.
How we work in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
The inventory runs from waterfront single-family homes on Terra Mar and Bel Air to low-rise condos and small hotels along the beach strip, so access and scheduling matter as much as trapping. We begin with a free property walk, then set you up with a single visit from $125 or a monitored program from $99/mo for the canal and Intracoastal lots that stay under pressure.
The method is the same one that earned our 5.0 across the county, and it stays inside FWC guidelines from the first walk to the follow-up:
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Free property walk
We map the seawall, yard, and roofline to find the burrows, runs, and basking spots before we quote a dollar.
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Humane removal
Reachable iguanas come off by hand and catch-pole — no poisons, no air-rifle theatrics near homes.
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Monitored trapping
Traps go on the exact runs iguanas use, checked on a schedule and cleared promptly under FWC rules.
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Prevention
Burrow collapse, tree wraps, and piling guards cut off the routes so the property stops refilling.
We cover the whole county.
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is one of the cities we work end to end from our Lake Worth base. If your problem sits over a city line, pick the nearest one for its local rundown.
Every part of the job, in one place.
Removal is where most Lauderdale-by-the-Sea calls start, but the fix usually runs through trapping and prevention — and we handle the rest of the county's nuisance wildlife too.
What Lauderdale-by-the-Sea customers say.
Managing a community, HOA, or business in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea?
We run documented, scheduled programs for boards, property managers, and commercial sites. See our commercial programs for Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea iguana removal questions.
Got iguanas in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea?
Call or text Nick — he'll tell you what's going on and what it takes, straight.
Call (561) 735-1975Can you get into Terra Mar Island behind the gate?
Yes. We coordinate access with the guard gate or the homeowner ahead of the visit so we can work the finger canals and seawalls without delays.
Are you local to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea?
We are based in Lake Worth and run regular routes down into Broward, so this is scheduled service with a set window rather than a 15-minute same-day promise. Honest and reliable beats overpromising.
The iguanas keep basking on my dock and seawall. What helps?
On barrier-island lots like these, new animals keep arriving off the Intracoastal. A monitored program from $99/mo keeps the seawall burrows filled and the population down between visits.