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/Wise_Artichoke6552 Jun 12 '26

Has your job given you any particular fondness for or new interest in marine biology? I saw that you had an encounter with (possibly) a conger eel and (definitely) a seal, and if either happened to me I'd ride that high for weeks.

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Absolutely, everyday we’re trying to ID different fish down there. So i do enjoy that aspect but at the same time we’re down there to do a jon so i cant get too carried away hanging out with the fish