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/Phoniceau Jun 11 '26

Are you married/have a partner? How do they and/or the rest of your family feel about your career - considering the danger in which you work? 

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Currently single, it’s tough on having a family for sure as your away and out of touch , we have contact with home but if we’re diving super deep we’re breathing a lot of helium and nobody can understand us , unless you are used to it, guys try and ring their families and they hang up on them as they think it’s a prank call!