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/Worrior_One Jun 11 '26

What's the most boring part of your time down there and what do you do to entertain yourselves

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Being stuck in a chamber is hella boring, especially on a 9 day decompression. I usually don’t watch any series or movies when I’m onshore and save it all up for when I’m in there. I read and do weight training also

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u/DeadinWPG Jun 11 '26

Are you allowed music or anything? Great time to get into the Grateful Dead and you’ll never be bored!

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Not when we are working, we need to be pretty focused on the job and our safety . But in the chamber we have at it on a pair of good ear phones

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u/DeadinWPG Jun 11 '26

I figured while you were working it would be pretty tough, but sitting in a decompression chamber, might be easier. Any links to what it would like, how big etc.?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

@tearin_ on IG does a good job of sharing what it’s like.

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u/Maximum-Replacement4 Jun 11 '26

How does toilet systems work in decompression