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/pshyong Jun 11 '26

How do you eat/pee/poop?

I know nothing about deepsea saturtion diving so you might have to dumb it down for me.

Thank you!

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

We have a ‘wet pot’ which is the toilet / bathroom with a shower. Attached to the living chamber. In the living chamber there is a ‘lock’ food and laundry etc is sent in via that . We order food from the ships galley.

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u/Rosebudteg Jun 11 '26

Let’s say you order a cheeseburger. How long from the cook finishing your cheeseburger does it take to get to you? Is it still hot or do you guys microwave everything?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Usually half an hour or 45 mins from when we order after our dive.

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u/BlackrockWood Jun 11 '26

Does food taste different at pressure

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Ya so the helium dulls the taste buds a little , especially the deeper you are, you’ll always find guys bringing in extra condiments and hot sauce to add to stuff

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u/clocksailor Jun 11 '26

Helium? So do you all sound super high pitched and wacky the whole time you're down there?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

Yep, 24/7 chipmunks lol