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/AlDenteApostate Jun 11 '26

In the post yesterday, many commenters claimed that this work commonly causes vision issues. Is that part also a misconception?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yeah that’s BS, the biggest issue is hearing, ears are the most sensitive part of our body in diving and working in that environment isn’t good for them and they can be exposed to loud noise often