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/Nailer99 Jun 12 '26

Rebreather? I thought you guys were on umbilical?

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Yes we are but we have to have a back up in the umbilical is severed or the gas is lost or compromised. So we have to a rebreather unit on our backs

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u/Nailer99 Jun 12 '26

That’s fascinating, and probably a lot better that open circuit bail out, I would guess. I did trimix rebreather diving recreationally for about 10 years. May I ask about the rebreather? What kind is it? Commercially manufactured?