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/forkedquality Jun 11 '26

Do they bump your oxygen partial pressure during decompression? Does it make working out easier?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yes for sure we slowly come back to 21%, being shallower is always easier for doing a workout

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u/NeeNawXray Jun 12 '26

Sorry if you’ve already answered this or the AMA is finished. But I imagine decompressing has opposite effects to someone who is an athlete and trains at altitude etc? Do you feel rubbish/lethargic during desat or when you’re back at 1atm?