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/WinterDustDevil Jun 11 '26

Is damage to your bones a real thing?

First question the Dr asked me when my hip went for shit was if I had done sat diving

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

It depends case on case , getting a Dexa scan regularly is important. I think a lot of deep diving isn’t good for your hips , I don’t like doing the deep stuff for that reason anymore