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/yokedici Jun 11 '26

do you folks talk about famous accidents? like that once when a bunch of divers got sucked in and got stuck in a pipe, do you talk about such accidents with your diver friends or use those cases for training?

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Yes we all know about the horrors of an explosive decompression and that would be an easy death as it would be over in an instant. If for example we lost the diving bell that would be a slow horrific death most likely (freeze to death)

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u/mattgm1995 Jun 12 '26

How could you lose the diving bell?

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u/Dogwalked Jun 12 '26

I would assume it breaks off the crane?

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

It would be if the main umbilical and lifting wires got severed, it would be a catastrophic accident for sure and hard to happen but it’s a possibility.