Diver and ROV at Work | Oceaneering

This Oceaneering Diver is using an Oceaneering Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) as as work platform while doing work on a hurricane-damaged platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

[@goofballtech]

this job was, by far, the most fun ROV/Dive job i have done in my career. Was a bit boring when the divers went to work because all we did was sit and watch them for days or weeks.,.. but overall we had a great time and awesome teamwork on the ship.

[@MrsS861jr]

I love the diver that works on the rig from the diving bell and he gets grabbed by the grouper...it didn't hurt but scared the crap out of him. the poor guy was shown the film after he recouped from the recovery time in the decompression tube. He couldn't believe he screamed like mini mouse

[@jambo338]

For scuba diving, you're working with a limited air supply (just the tank on your back), for most commercial dives you are working of a surface-supplied air source (compressors), so you don't need to worry about conserving as much. For saturation dives (which this is) the diver is using a helium/oxygen mix with a re-breather system - notice the lack of exhaust bubbles? You of course want to conserve what you can, but much of it gets re-used and recycled.

[@JasonLeeLeeLee]

You were taught to move slowly and deliberately because A. you're new and B. you're on SCUBA so you need to keep your oxygen consumption down. The diver in the video didn't seem to be moving around frantically at all. We commercial divers work off surface gas so we're able to move around and work a lot harder than someone on SCUBA, and we have to move fast because even though our air may never run out, we are still limited by our "bottom time" so we have to get as much done as we can.