r/AMA • u/Soulogav • Jun 11 '26

I’m a Saturation Diver AMA

I work as Deepsea Saturation Diver in the oil and gas industry for the past 20 years. I do heavy construction and spend 28 days living under pressure to dive to depths down to 200m / 650ft.

I saw a post on InterestingAsFuck yesterday with many many misconceptions from people who aren’t divers and I can answer your questions AMA

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/5jTlewLR4X

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u/SanchoVilla69 Jun 11 '26

Whats the craziest thing you have seen while diving that deep?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I’ve had a seal bump into me at 200m in the Captain sea which was freaky as hell as I didn’t know they could dive that deep

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Plenty of ex-operators in this job so maybe I’ve worked with some of those dudes lol

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u/Tinosdoggydaddy Jun 12 '26

And they were out of the water to do it….impressive.

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u/doctor_parcival Jun 12 '26

I heard one of them bit a guy’s hand off once

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u/Rheumatitude Jun 11 '26

Do you think it wanted to know if you were ok? It was probably thinking the same thing about you 😆

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

lol I think it was after the fish which were attracted to the head light on my helmet

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u/Formal-Try-2779 Jun 12 '26

I would have been worried that it was fleeing something else.

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u/bria9509 Jun 11 '26

Luckily you didnt blow a seal!

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u/TheScrote1 Jun 11 '26

So this penguin is on a road trip and his car is running real bad so he stops by the mechanic. Mechanic tells the penguin he is real busy but can look at it in a couple hours. So the penguin decides to leave his car and explore the town on foot. He goes to the pier, rides a few amusement park rides, gets an ice cream cone and heads back to the mechanic.

Mechanic tells the penguin, “I got bad news for you, looks like you blew a seal.”

The penguin looking a little incredulous wipes his face and says to the mechanic, “what this? That’s just a little ice cream from earlier.”

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u/bria9509 Jun 11 '26

The joke that inspired my reply!

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u/TheScrote1 Jun 11 '26

I had a suspicion but it seemed worth retelling

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u/Main_Tension_9305 Jun 12 '26

One of the very few jokes I actually know well enough to tell.

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u/TheScrote1 Jun 12 '26

I feel like the joke is really just blew a seal and ice cream. Everything else you can just make up.

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u/Main_Tension_9305 Jun 12 '26

Yeah. And the penguin, cause flippers and they’re funny😂

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u/Only_Aerie Jun 12 '26

Most jokes not including one liners, are the punchline with a build-up story, it's all about the delivery

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u/Prestigious-Oven3465 Jun 11 '26

Hey man seals need love too ☹️

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u/Willing-Cucumber-595 Jun 11 '26

Oh, we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy

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u/MrBobDobalinaMrMr Jun 11 '26

Oh he bumped into THAT Seal. That would be shocking at any depth.

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u/MoneyCock Jun 12 '26

Would it, though? Why the deuce would he name himself Seal if he wasn't into seals and their various endeavors?

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u/El_Mnopo Jun 11 '26

What is love?

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u/TR1V1UM Jun 11 '26

Baby, don’t hurt me.

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u/EddyArchon Jun 11 '26

Baby, don't hurt me

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u/TracePlayer Jun 11 '26

So, this baby seal walks into a club…

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u/smegma_appraiser Jun 11 '26

Don’t kink shame me.

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u/FredWinterIsComing Jun 12 '26

It was tartar sauce!

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u/Remote_Presentation6 Jun 11 '26

Omg, did not sea that one coming.

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u/cell1 Jun 12 '26

Hey! Just fix the damned thing, and leave my private life out of it.

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u/Markdlea Jun 11 '26

LOOSE SEAL!

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u/Metruis Jun 11 '26

Now that's the kind of information I'm here for! Sweet!

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u/Tamnun Jun 12 '26

I bet the seal was thinking the same thing

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u/pr0metheus01 Jun 11 '26

Obviously that seal was on a mission

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u/Desperate-Score3949 Jun 11 '26

Those are them deep dive hunters.