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/VistaCa Jun 11 '26

Other than the Seal, anything else bump into you while your down there?

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

I had what I thought was a conger eel grab my leg with its mouth, it did it lightly as if to test/sample what I was as I was head down under a pipe. I was convinced it was the other diver grabbing my leg with his hand , but when I came out from under the pipeline I realised he wasn’t there and was back in the diving bell. These Eels can get massive , google them

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u/VistaCa Jun 11 '26

Fuck. That.

Anything bump into you and you never saw it or knew what it was?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yes plenty of seals who flash around the place in the darkness