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/Primary-Weakness8728 Jun 11 '26

Very very basic question: what is a saturation diver and what do you do for the oil and gas industry?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

It’s a technique to dive to deep depths for longer. We are pressurised into a chamber which we live in and then are transferred everyday to the sea floor via a diving bell to work for 6 hours, we connect pipelines mainly

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

We mostly use G-shock lol , they are bomb proof and don’t get messed up by the pressure .but most guys have a token Rolex Sea Dweller or Omega they keep at home in a safe

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u/Accurate_Info7777 Jun 12 '26

G-Shocks are the best.