Saturation Diving

Diving in the North Sea from the DSV Seven Pelican

[@wackolovesyou8203]

If you're wondering why their voices sound weird, it's because sat divers breathe a helium and oxygen mix.

[@stanjavorsky7151]

Thanks for explanation I thought they were born like this

[@echoromeo384]

No one was wondering, everyone knew.

[@Str8Gass]

No shit Sherlock!

[@wackolovesyou8203]

@@stanjavorsky7151 ratio bro no one asked do you live to respond to these comments holy shit you’re gay as fucj

[@wackolovesyou8203]

@@Str8Gass judging by your name you probably pump straight gas into your garage since your so sick of ur pitiful life

[@destroyerdragon2002]

You guys are the astronauts that never leave earth. Going places most have never been. Aquanauts :)

[@freelectron2029]

it takes 2 days to come back from the moon. it takes 4 days to come back from 100m. divers are way cooler and under way more pressure than precious astronauts

[@joem6360]

@@freelectron2029 Are you a sat diver?

[@wormwood078]

At least on the moon you dont have to worry about getting eaten.. I don't think you do anyways.

[@destroyerdragon2002]

@@wormwood078 never know lol ;)

[@3rtyv]

I think the word would be aquanauts lol

[@flowerface9011]

Grew up around the ocean, spending a lot of time fishing, swimming, kayaking, etc. However, I've never had the bravery to dive, let alone go beyond what the human body is meant to withstand. That darkness that surrounds y'all... It's like being in the vacuum of space. Thanks for sharing, I probably will never dive but videos like this are endlessly fascinating

[@MyFriendlyPup]

It's worse. Space is fake. Saturation diving is real.

[@Freehotdawgs]

2:20 is the coolest shot ever. I hope I get to do this someday.

[@LeeePowers]

I was actually very partial to the shot at 1:43!

[@Jojec420]

looks so badass

[@rodolforeyes9472]

@@Jojec420 it does bro. Thats what im thinking 😂

[@moonshapedpfp]

Looks like the poster for John carpenters the thing

[@Freehotdawgs]

Since my comment is over 6 years old now, I did eventually become a commercial diver. I don’t do SAT, but it’s still a cool job. I was a cameraman for a job where I took a picture of a guy that looked very similar to that shot haha

[@salishfisher1156]

Your the best and most brave. I am a geoduck diver washington state and scared at 40 to 50 ft for 3 hrs. I fight with myself alot so watching this gives me strength amd courage thank u

[@theedwardian]

spooky shit, hats off to these men

[@christinahartsell1479]

.. and women! ;)

[@sjb2202]

I didnt see any women in the video... Unless your implying ones trans gender, witch is very rude.

[@diverandy77]

John J Kelly, that’s not true. There are a few women worldwide that do this job. I’ve not worked with any, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any.

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

theedwardian: hats off? They drown if they take off the hat🤓

[@automobilesarefun409]

.. And Women! :)

[@andysmith3087]

1:55 - literally thought he was sat there chilling on his phone texting or something

[@dizzyaviator3853]

Damn what cell service is that

[@Objection_23and1]

Wow this is so amazing, I cannot find too much footage of saturation diving, man you are brave!!! I found this so fascinating

[@kiarapullen4298]

I have one more year of welding then I’m off to diving school in Louisiana I cannot wait

[@Stable_Genius]

Two years later...how did it go?

[@redhothabanero9698]

Yesss please give an update 🙏

[@levimcgowan4732]

The sound of your voices always cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@diverandy77]

It was around 100m depth.

[@mirv0588]

hello would you mind telling me the process of getting your job and how much time it took thank you and have a wonderful day

[@diverandy77]

First you need to become a Commercial Diver, breathing air. Then you need to gain some experience and once you have the required experience, do a Closed Bell (Saturation) Diving course. Then you need to be in the right place at the right time. I was diving for 9 years before I did my Closed Bell course.

[@MrBommelicous]

diverandy77 how much would this pay? In euros or dollars if you feel okay sharing it

[@MrBadApple999]

How cold was it?

[@stephendoherty8291]

How do you understand each other with such high pitched voices. Why no gloves surely its bone cold even with suit heating. Do you see much sealife? Also it sounds very noisy since water is better at picking up all sound than air. Err one issue - closed spaces and food- smelly combination. What happens if you snore badly!!??

[@user-tj5ju4qi4l]

This is probably the craziest thing I have ever seen.

[@ontheedge33371]

I’ve never done saturation dives but quite a few tri mix dives and it always amazes me that people can understand what I’m saying because it sounds like gibberish to my own ear ! Play safe out there boys !

[@280StJohnsPl]

Wow.....almost like being on the surface of another planet. Talk about a truly alien world. It takes a special kind of person to do this for a living.

[@user-gu6qb9mt2q]

dang its crazy you can hear the helium voice change of the diver in the beginning, kind of erie

[@LestatFPS]

i have a small obsession with sat diving at the moment. I think i want to become one

[@koratplayz3509]

Me as well. Utterly fascinating. I just was struck with the same feeling. Have you kept the same ambition or has it since faded?

[@sink3827]

​@@koratplayz3509 what about you do you still have the ambition to become a sat diver? Did you take steps in that direction? Please reply i really wanna know.

[@TheNissan100]

Fuck this is so awesome and I need to do this but not gonna lie it’d be very hard to contain myself with the Mickey Mouse voices 😂😂

[@thejasongenova2636]

I was thinking of doing this when I was young but I had a bit of a fear of very dark deep water. I didn't put more thought into and never bothered doing a padi just to get started. I still haven't done a padi. Oh well.

[@macallanvintage]

My fullest respect to these divers👍👍👍

[@allisfaith]

Whew! That would be my nightmare! I don’t even like to fly - too claustrophobic. How do these guys deal with the mental aspects of this job!?

[@joshdavidson9844]

my worst fear is being in tight spaces underwater

[@hansschmalberger2922]

Josh Davidson u should check out nutty putty cave incident.

[@SortaProfessional89]

Hans Schmalberger ohhhh no you didnt, that fucking video gave me nightmares for 2 weeks after watching it. It may be the worst thing to watch if you cant do confined spaces

[@utkarshsingh-87]

check out underwater cave diving

[@olivercentury3735]

I don’t usually say this, but whatever they get paid, they should get paid more.

[@MrSmokeingood]

Really want to enroll at DIT in Seattle but I’m terrified that there will not be work enough for me when I graduate or if there is I won’t be making a livable wage for living here in California

[@RICEY2011]

It takes a certain breed of men/woman to do this type of work. My hat goes of to you brave people!!

[@paulanthonybridge5741]

It's not really a womans job. No further discussion !

[@RICEY2011]

@@paulanthonybridge5741 Nice !!

[@dodgewrench7221]

did anyone else think of space oddity as they stepped outside the dive bell?

[@greekpapi]

Man, much respect for you guys, I get dizzy cleaning the deep side of the pool !!!!!

[@BushCampingTools]

WOW! Fantastic thanks for showing. Can you tell me are those tanks you also carry on your back some sort of emergency mixed gas supply in case the umbilical fails? What a job! I used to live next door to a saturation diver but only once did we converse about his diving adventures in the Indian ocean.

[@diverandy77]

Yes exactly that. They are filled with a breathing mix of Helium and Oxygen that is specific to the depth we are diving at. If you need to use them, you’re in trouble!!!

[@BushCampingTools]

@@diverandy77 Hi thanks for letting me know. Yes I bet u would be in trouble as you say. I'm a Scuba diver of many many years but of all my diving adventures, they seem pathetic compared to what you guys do and your training. Great channel I'm subbing!

[@akustiktrax5186]

I see these guys and then I see the social media influencers and I dislike the second ones even more. All my respect for these brave men.

[@thomasnikkola5600]

It's not just a job, it's an adventure!

[@Exploxer25]

Tight spaces lord I would freak out In there

[@SortaProfessional89]

Exploxer25 man you and me both

[@waterlinestories]

Hey. Any way I can contact you about using some of your footage in some videos Im making?

[@crystalhernandez7386]

Whats scary is the fact there are big ass animals swiming down there

[@IsMiseAnthony]

we know more about the moon than we do about our oceans. Legit could be in another world down there.

[@ericcartman9594]

What a lovely work enviroment

[@pa226pable]

That's some man work there!

[@AG.Floats]

You are in your own little world down there. Very cool!

[@dw74371]

I love scuba diving. I love hardhat diving. I love umbilical diving. I love saturation diving.

[@francescodelpia]

Can anyone explain what the sound we hear at 0:00, 0:08 and 0:12 is caused by? Is it the heliox being injected into the diver's helmet? Does a small amount of heliox get injected every single time the diver inhales, or just every so often? Thank you!

[@diverandy77]

It's the diver breathing and the demand valve allowing gas into the hat

[@user-jl7kl3uu6n]

I was looking for brockhampton but this is also great

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

At the beginning of this video, what grabbed my attention and, my wife’s attention so fast was all the things that we saw, that could grab a hold of all of his lifeline cords / AIR HOSE NUMBER 1!! that he needs and get tangled up trying to get out of the compartment. Talk about tight quarters with things that can, turn into a major safety hazard. FAST.

[@joequinn309]

To do all that and be able to coexist with other people in extremely tight quarters for extended periods of time.........crazy level consciousness....

[@farmerjoe6919]

Decompression or coming back to the surface takes days. Also they breath a helium/O2 mixture. You can hear some of there high voices. Like little aliens.

[@alexcremo3231]

super brave. there is a lot that can go wrong

[@original_shark8743]

What sort of things do you do when you are down there, on average is the work mentally/physically challenging and do you get taught what to do before hand?

[@diverandy77]

The work varies. We can be bolting large sections of pipeline together, connecting up electrical or hydraulic control lines or carrying out inspections on subsea assets. Over time you pick up the knowledge and skills required to do the job. If in doubt, the dive supervisor should know what to do and if he's stuck, there'll be a set of procedures to refer to.

[@BladeDoomer86]

I've seen horror movies way less scary than this. Terrifying 😱

[@robertthomason8905]

Like vampire killing. Tough but it pays well ❤😊

[@edlee8949]

Looks like the 1989 movie "The Abyss".

[@russbentley7677]

I appreciate what they do but i would go nuts inside the bell in ten minutes.

[@marievictoire1939]

Is bouancy compensation easier at these pressures? Is there a difference going from the bell to the water? Or have you gauged it beforehand with weights etc.?

[@diverandy77]

Buoyancy compensation is easier at depth than it is in shallower water. Because at 10m if you move up 1m you reduce the pressure by 10%, at 100m if you move up 1m you reduce your pressure by 1%. That's rough physics but generally how it works. There is a platform below the bell, called the stage, that we climb down onto. If the job is mid-water we'll put gas into the stab jacket before we jump off the stage and swim to the job. A lot of the time we work on the seabed so don't need buoyancy to get to the job. We don'y usually wear weights, the kit is heavy enough to not need any.

[@marievictoire1939]

Thank you that's a very clear explanation

[@PapaWheelie1]

This is the real John Glenn right here - respect

[@venezzrok-fz1du]

Suddenly... one of the divers is missing! The others frantically look around but they can't see anything! Until one of them suddenly saw a movement further up in the dark! when he pushed himself closer to investigate, a sudden giant tentacle wraps around his body and pulls him into the deep and dark... The last thing he saw before everything went dark was a giant mouth full of sharp teeth that was fastly closing in on him! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH"!!!!

[@marachenqa2]

like astronauts on a mission

[@shnop121]

When you getting back and go from water to the first container, how they make it without getting water with them inside? Pressure also?

[@diverandy77]

Yes. The pressure inside the diving bell is the same as the water pressure at depth. That's enough to keep the water out

[@Mr.Morten]

At the start I thought there was a person to the left and was worried he broke his neck

[@MultiHunterOne]

When saturation diving do you guys take naps underwater? I mean those dives can last a while damn. I would love to be a diver.

[@diverandy77]

We can spend 6-8 hours in the water. It has been known for divers to have a sleep, if there's not much happening.

[@MultiHunterOne]

diverandy77 I bet it feels amazing to sleep deep underwater.

[@AG.Floats]

That's crazy I cannot imagine what it would feel like to wake up down there after a quick nap lmao. Really have to be seriously skilled and level headed. Well done.

[@jq71]

I'm a tower climber and often take naps way up high but at least I can still see where I am when I wake up.

[@Pepe-ts9ec]

Logan Stroganoff Lmao

[@FokoPoko991]

Cool! Are underwater currents a problem? How do you deal with kicked up silt?

[@diverandy77]

Not really. In areas where tides are strong the dives will be arranged around slack water.

[@nh--2022]

Freaking sweet these guys are badass. Why don't they make the chamber's larger and why was he steaming when he returned to the chamber?

[@diverandy77]

Bigger chambers require bigger ships which cost more money. They also take more gas to fill them and Helium is expensive. The steam is coming off my suit because of the temperature difference between the sea water, bell atmosphere and the hot water running through my suit to keep me warm.

[@therooster191]

Hey Andy, I find this a very intresting job and have been considering it and doing research, but is there any long term health risks of doing this and diving this deep for years? Can't find a straight answer, thank you if you find time to reply

[@a64738]

Seems "they" try to hide all the dangers, pretty much all the earlier saturation divers that did go down to 400 - 500 got their health ruined but you never hear about that anywhere anymore ... It is possible they have solved the problems but I doubt it because it seemed the problem was simply the nervous system got ruined by the extremely high pressure. But it hard to say since all the information about it seems to get deleted...

[@therooster191]

@@a64738 thanks for the reply! I agree I could only possibly see these problems being solved with more advanced technology

[@madezra64]

What's the temperature like in the bell compared to the water? Watching that diver get back into the bell and immediately start steaming was crazy looking. I'm guessing it's pretty warm in there?

[@des-ex-diver]

Bell has hot water/ hot air blowers to warm bell

[@doxielain2231]

Otherworldly. I wish I knew what job you were doing, though

[@theexchipmunk]

It is called Saturation Diving. It is Industrial diving in great depths.

[@minemine9706]

Is it the helium oxygen mixture that's changing the voices or is the video sped up?

[@TK-ib2vu]

mine mine gas mixture.

[@diverandy77]

It's the Helium

[@pineconeparty]

they might as well be an astronaut

[@longinogiorda34]

question, do the divers have hor water circulation in the suit? Because i see they are kind of lightly dressed..

[@diverandy77]

Yes, they do. Hot water is supplied to the suit. The diver can control the flow and ask the supervisor to increase or decrease the temperature as required.

[@longinogiorda34]

@@diverandy77 Thank you for clarifying this 👍

[@ManofOneGod]

It's like a horror movie. Damn.

[@michaelfava9221]

2:38 is awesome

[@aliveribarra7276]

idk but that's fucking cool!!!!! OMG idk what I want to be I got many things in my mind either a music producer, Engineer, a under water welder(commercial diving) shit so many things in my head!😫😫

[@yoda1934]

Why was he smoking? 3:24

[@cookiecrumbs4236]

It may be steam if the pressure is being released but I’m not sure. I’m pretty sure it’s steam coming off of something though

[@ThePiratedave11]

Keep The Faith I’m not terribly sure, but it’s likely due to the suits being warmer than the air inside the bell, and causing the water on the suits to radiate vapour. The suits themselves are heated internally by hot water that flows through the layers of the suit, since water at this depth is often freezing.

[@donkinzett3961]

Jamie no I'm not rich when I retired from diving started an earthmoving business been all downhill since ha ha but going ok

[@andrescarrizales6310]

What happens if some one gets injured since its very deep and yall have to decompress?

[@diverandy77]

All divers are trained in First Aid, 2 out of 3 are trained in advanced first aid there is a Medic on board the boat, the life support team are first aid trained and there are Doctors on call in case something goes wrong. If it is really serious a surgeon can be sent into the chamber to perform surgery.

[@seinfeld11123]

its safer and quicker to send someone in to the chamber. you can drop to those depths rather quickly. but you have to decompress very slowly

[@shylamarie8295]

so if the doctor is required to go into the chamber to preform surgery, he has to decompress for 6 days with the divers? ... i mean, right? that's commitment.

[@afruge4535]

Watch the movie on Netflix called last breath

[@manuelh.carrilloc.2468]

Hello You have some interesting commercial diving videos, I want to use them on my page without commercial purposes, only educational. Would you let me download them? obviously they would have the respective credits. I hope to hear from you.

[@eirikmurito]

Looks like you guys are having a blast

[@willduggan6170]

And they say we will colonise Mars. Absolute bollocks!

[@jasonga]

Amazing, a Buddy jacket…..

[@JustAGuy85]

lol, I thought you just did something to the audio to make the conversations inaudible. But, really, you actually do sound like that for a few minutes (I dunno how long) when you come back up? Because of the helium mix? Just asking, because I think it sounded like the other voices were normal.

[@theexchipmunk]

Not just for a few minutes. The bell is because of the high pressure inside also filled with a helium oxygen mixture.

[@frankcsi001]

How can a hatch be opened, what about the pressure. How that works? Thank you and be safe.

[@diverandy77]

The pressure inside the Diving Bell equalises as the Bell reaches the equivalent water pressure. Because the pressure is equal, then the only weight holding the door closed is the weight of the door itself. There is a spring mechanism on the Bell in this video which gives some assistance when opening and closing the door.

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

It must have been quite warm water, the diver didn’t have glove’s on, as fare as I can see, witch seems odd as the dive were done in the North Sea and is in the best of summer’s in my experience, not that warm even on the surface and definitely not at depth🤓🇸🇪

[@diverandy77]

The water would've been around 5 degrees Celsius. The divers are wearing gloves that circulate with warm water to prevent cold injuries.

[@bethtyler1812]

We humans seem to be able to get used to just about anything once we get familiar with it :)

[@TK-ib2vu]

Beth Tyler getting used to and being able to operate under shitty conditions are different. These dudes suffer a shit ton of health issues after doin this for awhile b

[@sarahsayshello9726]

May i ask, what school did you attend? Im thinking I want to go to CDA myself.

[@davinator225]

why was there steam coming off of the diver

[@samuelbekele3601]

They fill the suits with warm water, it gets pretty cold down there, plus it has something to do with the pressure (forgive me I am not sure about that one).

[@destroyerdragon2002]

Temperature and pressure differential. Basically microscopic layers of the water are instantly boiling off. OR conversely condensing.

[@MmmChipotle]

Fascinating stuff, you guys must make a good living.

[@Jonnybarbs]

180k a year

[@quadq6598]

REally amazing, please do more if still doing sat

[@wevikings1790]

Cool video love commercial diving.

[@christiane.g.4142]

dive down deep comrades! All the way down to the ancient megalithic ruins of the former world

[@WogChilli]

Is that smoke from the heat of the hot water suit? Prospective ADAS diver

[@diverandy77]

Its steam. The water is about 2-3 degrees and the hot water suit is being filled with about 35 degrees to keep me warm.

[@dimble3]

What stops the water rushing in through the hatch?

[@diverandy77]

The pressure inside the diving bell stops the water coming in. It works on the similar principle to when you upturn a glass and put it open end down into a sink full of water.

[@donkinzett3961]

Dimbles 3 the pressure in the bell is slightly higher than the depth of sea water the standby diver can actually decrease the pressure and partly flood the bell handy to get maybe an injured diver back in the bell you then pressure up the bell and force the water out it only takes a few seconds

[@videosuperhighway7655]

I hear that regardless of how careful deco is handled that you eventually suffer health issues and lower lifespan than other types of jobs. Is that true?

[@diverandy77]

No.

[@chrisfast6182]

Zip ties fix everything

[@Limebean37ss]

what housing you using for your camera there ? Gopro i presume

[@diverandy77]

Liam Clark GoPro Hero 3 Black. Standard housing.

[@knowfear100]

Hi- great film. I am trying to get hold of an old friend but struggling... anyone who where Ozzy Heath Adams is working? I used to hang out with him in crazy Qatar

[@freddieladduk6386]

2:35 looks so cool!

[@SortaProfessional89]

Finally HD footage of Saturation Diving!

[@ElfieShafril]

Whats the depth this dive was made?

[@TheInvisibleOne1026]

You might as well tell me to climb Everest.

[@redsplitz_9142]

this is definitly the profession i want to be when im older

[@sinoperture]

Well learn how to write software and robotics.

[@marcoss1366]

you don't need such things

[@afvet5075]

There is like no room in there

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Lol I could never get used to the sound / the way they talk!!! Daffy-Fucking-Duck 24/7!!!!!!! LOAO!!!! (My wife and me!!!! Lol 😝)

[@hochspannunglebensgefahr5339]

At what depth were you operating in this video?

[@diverandy77]

Around 100m. Although the video is made up of a number of different dives, so there may be footage from shallower or deeper depths.

[@diverandy77]

Around 100m

[@dimitaraffiliate9424]

Why was the diver evaporating when he got back in?

[@diverandy77]

Hot water runs through the suit to keep the diver warm. The water I was climbing out of was around 4 degrees celsius so the steam is the water evaporating.

[@coronalight77]

If you smoke some pot and come across this vid I swear they sound like chipmunks 🐿

[@dantheman9079]

can someone tell me how they can be underwater in the pod but open a hatch and have the water look like a hole in the ground without it rushing in?

[@diverandy77]

Fill a bath. Upturn a glass and push it, open end first, into the water. The air inside the glass will prevent the water from filling the glass. Similar principle when Saturation Diving. The gas pressure inside stops the water coming in.

[@dantheman9079]

@@diverandy77 surely it cant just be the natural pressure of the environment that prevents the water from entering when very deep? how do they make the pressure so high to keep it out without it seeping out and displacing?

[@diverandy77]

Dan Spence the bell is pressurized to a depth similar to that, which the divers are working at. As the bell travels up and down a door is closed in the bottom and the pressure sealed inside. When the bell returns to the surface it is mated to a chamber system, which is also pressurized, and the divers transfer through for showers, food and a rest period.

[@dantheman9079]

@@diverandy77 thanks very interesting

[@justinmcknight1880]

If someone goes to commercial diving school, how realistic is it getting a job doing anything with commercial diving. Even as just a line tender or gopher?

[@diverandy77]

In all honesty, the chances aren't that great. The Dive schools are churning out Divers at a fantastic rate. The drop in oil prices has put a lot of experienced Divers out of work. Hopefully things are on the up. Good Luck if you decide to give it a go though. There's not another job that comes close.

[@ollietheocta]

im going to school in july. dont care where i work or even if i get paid haha i just want to be in the water