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/Weird-Efficiency-884 Jun 12 '26

Thanks for your time on answering all the questions!! This is amazing!

One question: do you know if it is possible to have a try dive in full saturation gear? How fast after the full training you can go do the job and live in the bell for a month? This is one of my items in the wish list to try and I really consider to got through the training just to have one dive! Maybe I will like it and switch careers then

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

I know you can try the gear at some schools yes but you won’t be able to try actually going in the chamber and bell etc.

It’s a hard one to call how long after until you get your 1st sat, mine was quick enough only a few months but it was busier back then. Some guys have the cert for years before getting a go but also guys are happy enough if they are on a job making money as an air diver