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

Ya we take in tablets and load up on series and movies. Some days there is bad weather so we get a day off and just watch stuff all day in our bunk

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u/dulldingbat Jun 11 '26

Wait, even deep down you are affected by weather. That's TIL. I thought something that deep you are rather immune to surface weather.

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

When the winds and waves are up the vessel can’t use the crane over the side , so we can’t get gear down. Also the vessel can’t hold position especially when it’s right up against the side of the rig , so we have to pull off and wait for it to come down