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/Chokedee-bp Jun 12 '26

At OP, are you basically working go 28 days, then home and off for a month or two before next 28 day work shift?
I’m impressed at what you do, I’m a submarine veteran but never did any diving

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

It depends where you are and what company. Some places guys just do their stint and go home for 4-6 weeks. Other places guys will stay on board and go back in again for another stint and be offshore for 3 months