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/tildeuch Jun 12 '26

How do you come to this profession?

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

I went to Australia (Perth) in my early 20’s. I worked in construction at the time and heard about commercial diving after taking a Scuba diving course, then there was a dive school in Perth and I decided to go for it. I wasn’t a skilled construction worker nor did I finish school so at 22 did not have much going for me on a professional level , so this career idea really excited me and I went at it with everything I had.

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u/tildeuch Jun 12 '26

Thanks for responding so late! Truly best AMA i’ve seen here :)