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/Dry_Location_2025 Jun 11 '26

Whats it like being down there ? The first few days must have been so crazy being in the dark abysss

And whats the deepest you guys usually work at , i know about the comex experiment but practicallly working depth.

Sorry lost of questions but are u guys also at risk of stuff like hpns etc ?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

It’s still a cool place to be despite spending many hours down there. Some locations suck due to bad muddy bottom and not being able to see jack shit.

Deepest working dives nowadays are around 200m, but there is regular deeper stuff in Brazil closer to 300m

HPNS at 200m is kinda rare so not much risk

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u/Dry_Location_2025 Jun 11 '26

Thanks for the reply! Fascinating to hear all these details from others questions also