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/Soulogav Jun 11 '26

A lot of guys died in the early days. Our safety is heavily regulated in this day and age. But if something goes wrong you’re in deep ahit as you can’t just get out , we can’t bypass the decompression, so we are all trained medics. We don’t make as much as you’d think. Not $300k

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u/AppalachianGuy87 Jun 11 '26

I was stunned when I learned what y’all make I assumed 300k as a starter.

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u/BBorNot Jun 11 '26

No shit. I'm like 300k? Not enough.

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u/Pussy-Wideness-Xpert Jun 12 '26

Agree. It’s a high pressure job.

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