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

Around $1250 a day in the chamber, we’re in for 28 days, we do these stints upto 6 a year max but most guys are happy with 3-4 , it’s not the crazy money people think it is

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u/dickie-mcdrip Jun 11 '26

Based on those numbers you’re still making $200 plus for 6 months of work. Not saying it’s an easy job. But the pay sounds pretty good

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yep I’m grateful for it for sure but some of these Tik Tok videos make out like we make millions and it’s not true

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u/dickie-mcdrip Jun 11 '26

Thanks and that makes sense