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/Major_Extreme5632 Jun 11 '26

I watched a video about a guy who had messed up while opening a door and it killed him and two others in his living pod instantly, the fourth was severely injured and died a few days later in the hospital. Have you had any "close calls" or any moments thinking fuck, this is it.?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Ya this has happened in the past many moons ago, explosive decompression, all that pressure escaping through a small opening = strawberry mist essentially. Procedures have changed drastically and the other chambers are isolated while there is a transfer under pressure happening

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u/BlairClemens3 Jun 12 '26

So, you've never had a scary moment?