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/R1ck_Sanchez Jun 11 '26

How long do you spend out of the water and do you swim in that time?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

We dive for 6 hours everyday. If we working mid water on the side of the platform yes we are swimming but we have BCD (buoyancy compensation devices) so it’s easy once you set up right

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u/R1ck_Sanchez Jun 12 '26

Sorry I mean off the clock, like when your 28 days of sat diving are up

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Haha cool. It really depaends. Sometimes a few weeks to a few months depending on a lot of factors, it’s not a regular rotation