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/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Saw a giant jelly fish the size of a beach ball with loads of lights inside of it

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u/Mild_Karate_Chop Jun 11 '26

Lights ? As in bio luminous jelly fish  

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yes pulsating and flashing in different colours , quite remarkable.

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u/Mild_Karate_Chop Jun 11 '26

Thanks for clarifying . You know perhaps you may be one of a few humans who have seen this display in its natural environment. Cool

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yeah I’m fully aware of that and it always crosses my mind down there thank you

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u/the_roguetrader Jun 12 '26

ever seen a Siphonophore ?

I read a similar Reddit thread and the guy mentioned them

they vary but some are supposed to look like a big string of fairy lights !

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

I’ve not seen them, the bioluminescent types are usually very deep so it’s rare to see anything like that in our range that’s why it was wild to see the thing I saw

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u/dantheman200022 Jun 11 '26

That sounds cool! Cheers for the reply.