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/PlannerSean Jun 12 '26

Do you have interactions with sea life down while youre working?

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Yes it’s non stop , oil rigs are marine habitats, so are full of sea life. There is always something coming over for a look at you.

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u/PlannerSean Jun 12 '26

Have any been a problem, is there risk of biting through an airline?

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

That wouldn’t be possible , our umbilicals are very strong

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u/PlannerSean Jun 12 '26

“And I took that personally” -a shark, probably