Saturation Diving- You're in a different world
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Jadon Anderson on his career sat diving.
"My deepest was 621 feet"
"When you drop out into the unknown- and you know, I could be the first person that’s actually stood here. You’re in a different world. I love Sat diving. I’m home now for two months and I can’t wait to get back offshore right now. "
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My dad did this back in the seventies. He worked off of Stevanga in Sweden. His team of four would actually stay at the bottom in the bell and compartment. They did two week shifts. One day my brother, sister and I found a cassette tape marked “Sea Floor” so we threw it in the cassette deck. We then proceeded to listen to the greatest tape ever recorded, and laughed until we were peeing ourselves. To pass the time, these four brave souls would record their farts into a microphone attached to a small Waltham tape recorder. That tape was over an hour long. Brilliant to a ten year old.
That is fucking legendary, would you happen to have a copy today?
This is amazing haha
@robert mayes h a h a
@robert mayes you've never terrorized your guy friends for fun? i used to lock my windows on my sisters driving around after some nasty farts back in the day lol
Do you mean stavanger in Norway?
Living 28 days in a metal capsule with 3 other dudes, decompressing for up to a week. It better be paying NFL quarterback money to get me to even consider doing that as a career. Massive respect to those guys.
From what I've seen in other sat diving vids, they make roughly around $1500 a day
They earn over $ 500,000 per year.
@@anonomooose3036 So that's still butt loads of money that you get to enjoy for the other 6 months, assuming you don't have that much training/etc outside of the time you're not working.
I could never do this.
A friend in my hunting club is a Sat.diver&he makes over a qtr.million a year.
Nothing but absolute respect to these people. The mental and physical stamina to do this, never mind the sheer balls, unreal.
Yes, it is amazing how many people are working so that we can simply flick on a light switch at sundown or sit at a computer and talk to people all over the world. I have the utmost gratitude for them.
Fish are even looking at them like bruhh
LMAOOO
hahaha like brah omg
😂 😂 😂
nah fish r like looking at u like cockhead
Bruhh🤣
They're astronauts, but upside down.
Exactly
Yes
Spot on with that!! My jaw is still on the floor!! A new definition of bad ass for me!!!
An Argonaut essentially.
@@bryanelam7431 Waaahahaha jaw on floor!!!
I was on a rescue/salvage ship that had a few sat divers on it but we never had to deploy them to that depth. I think two of them had qualified as sat divers but were no longer allowed to dive that deep because diving that deep to often screws up your bones. This chief told us that the repeated compression and decompression of your skeleton because of the pressure ended up giving you a condition like osteopetrosis. So the navy limited the number of times a diver was allowed to do it. Most of our divers worked with the closed helmets like the sat divers used, but they normally didnt go anywhere near that deep. I think the deepest they went was around 50 feet. A ship had sunk in the entrance to a harbor in Western Samoa and they rigged it with explosives and bounced it off the bottom a couple times until it fell off a shelf and sank into deeper water so that other ships wouldnt hit it when they came in the harbor. My shipmates and I watched/heard it from a bar at the end of the pier. Raising our beers everytime an explosion went off lol. Fun times
This guy is my next instructor at DIT. Already met him, great guy.
You Badass
Is DIT worth what it costs?? I’m from Madison Wisconsin and I wanna attend the school
Is this seattle
@@lejamesbron4055 Yes, it is. Just north of lake union.
@@ramusdoyle5899 Honestly, the whole staff at the school is. Great people to work with. This guy especially is though honestly. Saturation divers have been described to me as I went to school as the peak of commercial diving. Not only is it crazy to dive to such deep depths, but the mental fortitude that is required to do so is amazing.
"I love sat diving."
These folks are off the chain, straight up. Big respect.
Id rather sat dive than skydive
@@MassHysteriaHD fuck no
@@MassHysteriaHD skydiving is incredible and very safe, the vast majority of deaths are from people trying to do synchrnized acts. just a straight skydive id very safe and easily the most exciting thing you can do
Yah bro it's a 4 week long orgy down there
These are the type of men, individuals that I admire. The unsung heroes of the world. While we live in a world where everyone is hung up on social status, these are the people who make sure we have the functionality that we do in the world.
We don't hear about them, most of us probably don't know anyone who does this line of work and they don't get much praise in the world. Unlike superficial celebrities or politicians.
Salute to these men! There's plenty of jobs I would love to try out and experience but I don't think this is one of them. Definitely takes a different and special breed of people!
Thank you.
fuck straight up
50,000 dollars a month makes great motivation
@@TheOfficialBrother for some it’s good motivation. You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to do this job I mean hell you live in a ball where there is barley any leg room for 28 days I’d go crazy in just 24 hours
@@TheOfficialBrother where do I sign up
I have nothing but the deepest respect for these guys. There’s no end to the list of disadvantages, discomforts and things that can go wrong. I hope they’re paid (and insured) handsomely.
haah deep... Yeah I'll go
$3000 a day is common. Albeit a single day doing this would be fucking insane.
"One bolt and two nuts weigh over 100 lbs." Uh did he just reference how big his junk is for being able to do that job?
I think so.......and I will never doubt that reference.
Weights zero under water don't count....
@@v4v819 Imagine being that stupid.
@@KarthanRouge 😂damn
@@v4v819 Did it hit too Close to Home?
When it comes to getting bread they've got the keys to the bakery.
how much do they make ?
@@tacc529 100k or more a year. Atleast.
@@tacc529 their daily rate can be 1500-2000 dollars
@@lawsonmann2057 it oughta be more than than that. I've been paid nearly that much, for work much less dangerous.
@@hosmerhomeboy Seriously I make 60k and sit on my ass, i would need 250+ for this BS
I can"t believe the water level of the ocean doesn't rise, when he goes down there with his GIANT BALLS!
Had me dyin😂
It does
Eem.. tide goes in tide goes out..?😉
every time they let off some splooge in the ocean, people think that theyve found a group of sea monsters in the water
Jadon: When you drop out into the unknown, and you know that "Hey I could be the first guy-"
Me in my head: To get eaten by a giant squid.
Jadon: "-that's actually stood here."
Me: This is why I work in under*ground* construction and he works under*water*, lol.
I went to underwater welding school in williamington California right after my Marine Core set was up. The best thing I ever did!! My career after that was stellar!! I went offshore right after hurricane Katrina came through in the gulf of Mexico, after a few shipyard tours I made it to Hawaii!!! "BAE" SHIP YARD,THEN pearl harbor!!! Then retired!! At age of 44(then) I can look back and truly be proud of a great life!!!!!
Retiring at 44 that sounds like a successful career to me!
How on earth can such a short working career provide anyone with enough money for the rest of his life?
I mean you can easily have HALF of you life ahead of you at 44!
Is it true that they get paid 1 to 4 dollars per foot googled said they make 30grand to 45 grand a month so annually around 180,000 month
@@Celisar1 the Philippines
You mean Wilmington right? Did you go to harbor occupational? They used to offer that? Not sure if they still do
I graduated from DIT in April 2004 class of September 2003. Jason Anderson was one of my instructors. Jason was awesome and exactly the type of guy you will meet when you get out into the real world. DIT is definitely known as the “shit” as far as schools go. I wanted to be a Salty deep sea diver since I was a little kid and DIT will give you a good understanding of what you need to know. Once you get offshore is a whole new level.
how is the industry? is the work consistent? are you working for a union?
Whats the weirdest thing you ha e ever seen down there?
@@wirelessone2986 i once saw an octopussy live inside a condom
It was literally between this and law school for me. My parents pressured me to law school where I racked up a shit load of student loans and could not get a job to save my life.
I should have chosen this.
It's very unfortunate you realized you are your own person and your parents dont control you too late..
C'mon man. 300k annually. More like 500-800k if you stick with it. Or 200k max with at least that much debt? Wow.
Well, never too late, I guess?
I mean it ain't too late to get into it
Here is a humble man, and willing to share a lesson, if anyone is able to hear it.
Its a good thing you didn't.. a lawyer doesn't have the balls to endure real problems.6
Hardworking man that make the world a better and more convenient place. Never to be heard from again. These are the people we need to read about in history books.
TH-cam recommendations hooking me up with something I ain’t never seen or heard about before 👌🏻🔥
Rad video ❤️
Based algorithm. I assumed it sent me this one because of all the watch videos in my history. 😂
Same here.
"AQUANAUTS"
I was just thinking the same thing. closest thing to being an astronaut on another planet
Thats exactly what they are. :)
More real than astronauts
That translates to water sailor.
@@ruskibot7745 Then what is ASTRONAUTS
Right now im in school for welding. I plan to take underwater welding after i get my red seal. Big dreams i know, but ive lived in a small fishing community my whole life. The ocean is my home.
I'm a Graduate of D.I.T. (1980)
Started in Louisiana then Puerto Rico and on to the North Sea by means of a 2 1/2 month dive in Caracus, Venezuela.
Deepest dive 900'
Go Sat Divers!
That’s awesome! It’s cool to see more of you guys pop up in the comments here haha
Realistically what do you need to do this for a career?
@@Skrenja A willingness to hardly ever be home and to remain single or probably become single if you are married. If I was to do it all over again today, I would get into the remote underwater robotics. More future in it. Get ahold of a company in Houston called Oceaneering to find out more info.
@Per Johansen You don't. The guy running the dive up on deck keeps track of everything. When he says times up, leave bottom, you leave bottom.
@Goushtinkla Van Goh USD $70,000 per month
These guys are the least appreciated yet do so much necessary work that common people just don't know. I'm not a diver however I appreciate what they do. I retired from the military and I am 100% disabled from wounds occurred but if I could I would like to give this a try but I cant. Hats off to the divers out there.
Hats off to you too. Don’t sell yourself short. Thanks for what you’ve done.
Thank you for your service!
Thank for service. I worked with a lot of ex-military back in the 70's when I was diver in Gulf of Mexico. The best were the ex Navy Seals. Those guys were a cut above, and highly valued by diving companies in the gulf.
You've done more than enough. Good to have you home.
I'm sure you could've done it. Looks like your have the mindset and if you're a natural underwater, with the proper training you'd do great most likely.
not for the claustrophobic
Dat money Doe?
Oh, they're swimmin' in it.
Just Googled it, it says £1000 a day which is a lot
Usually works out to a bit over 6 figures. They take at least a month off (the guy in the video was 28 days on, 2 months off).
That rules me out.
Pursuing this career right now. Currently getting my commercial diving certificates at NYD in Norway. And once am done with 100 hours of diving I will do the saturation dive course at the same school. This is my dream job and am sure as hell gonna end up succeeding in obtaining a job as a sat diver.
did you succeed?
Bro you have my greatest respect going into this job. I can't endure that intense pressure, shortness feeling of breath, insensitivity of your body because of the numbness (cold), and poor visibility while also knowing your life is on the line. I've heard stories about the people experiencing the most painful deaths here in the past. My deepest condolences to them.
How'd it go
no reply so probably didn't make it, lol@@clear.5999
@@clear.5999 he dead
I trained at the Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in 1978. Had no topside trade so I joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and became an Underwater Recovery Diver looking for a recovering dead bodies. Over 4o years later I am still an active diver!
Just fascinating And also it never gets old to hear an adult human being talk about how they made the right choice in life & love their work & can't wait to get back to it...this is the real message
Work sucks dude. Nobody likes doing their job, they just like the fat paychecks. Reduce their pay by half and see how many stick around.
Yeah I’m betting the main reason he loves his job is because he gets paid hundreds of dollars per hour for it, even when just sitting in the capsule hangin out with his buddies.
Do you know much money this dude makes give me a break
If he says he loves his work, why don't you believe him? He's not you. You're not him. Don't feel threatened. Different strokes for different folks, as they used to say.
@@carpediem7654 Work can be meaningful and fascinating. It feels good to be useful to society
It's crazy to me that humans even know this is what you have to do to go that deep.
my literal exact thoughts
Trial and error mostly
The barotrauma wasnt usually fatal(though crippling is another story) but pressure has been know about for a long time think about Artimetis and then Pascal. I'd imagine before any deep diving was attempted they already knew about alot this stuff (though think baro trauma sickness was a thing early one but I don't think it was at the depths to permantly cripple or kill you).
They learned the hard after all those guys died building the Brooklyn bridge.
Sacrifices. An untold amount of sacrifices throughout history.
I saw this video a few months ago, and I just found it again. I'm a recreational diver, and this video blows me away! These guys are cut from a different cloth.
Damn this is one of the most hardcore things I’ve ever seen. 28 days underwater at insane pressures gaddamn!
No 28 days under extreme pressure - 12 hour shifts under water. They are coming up between shifts.
Jeb Goes no they work 12 hour shifts then go into their chamber to sleep and rest. They fully de-pressurize after 28 days. And it’s done at different levels in different durations
Yeah so like 28 under then how many days depressurizing? Wouldn’t that be almost four months ?
@@styrofoamx229 they go into the pressure chamber up to the ship, not under water.
@@critic8307 how do they eat / go to the bathroom? Is that all in the pressure chamber? They clearly can’t leave the chamber..
Wow just wow. As an ex-diver many years ago I'm totally blown away by what this guy is saying. He must have iron balls to be that brave. Something goes wrong down there and your chances of survival would be very Slim. Lion an absolute lion
“You’re looking for something you can’t see until you run into it.” That thought, while deep underwater, is terrifying.
I was assigned to a U.S. Navy Saturation Diving ship in the Late Seventies
Those SAT Divers were the Breed Apart from the Breed Apart. Nothing but Respect for these men. Go Navy!
Yes, this is what my dad did in the 60s, 70s....deeeeeeep deeeeep sea saturation and the bell, decompression! he went all over the world doing this! A lot of time in the Gulf on oil platforms, Indian Ocean, North Sea, everywhere. He would be gone for weeks and weeks at a time....I was always waiting for him to come back from the ocean!!
Graduated in 1986....I was there when our school was a barge. One morning before heading to school, drinking coffee, watching the news...lo and behold, there’s DIT, I should say there it wasn’t! It was struck by a tugboat or something, but the best part was salvaging it, that was a blast.! Excellent school...best wishes to the staff and all past and future divers!
I'm impressed with the guys who communicate with the sat divers on the radio. I work with radio in my job and some people are frigging tough to decipher. Would hate to do it with someone who's been breathing helium for three weeks.
The radio has a helium descrambler that adds bass to their voices.
Absolutely amazing how tough these guys are. Nothing but respect to these guys pushing their bodies like this. Wow.
It truly is being an astronaut on earth. I love everything to do with ocean exploration.
Mad respect, you guys deserve every penny of that money. I'll keep my boring job on shore gentlemen. Stay safe and alert out there.
Thank you guys for doing this so we have utilities! That’s a lot of commitment!
I always used to think that these things were intended to resist positive pressure, but actually they are designed to maintain dive pressure. Fascinating
Yep until they come up to the boat and contain the huge pressure they bleed it slowly out over days ti decomprrss them
When I dove the deepest I went was 100 feet.
And because the lake we were in was low, we were able to get to areas that were it full, wouldn't have done.
I'm older now.
I might dive to say 50 feet or 60, but nothing beyond that.
I'm sure they are well paid.
But as my dive instructor told us, "If you are cold, and not having fun, you need to be paid to do it."
I looked at being an Army diver way back when, but what he said stuck with me.
I'd get hazardous duty pay, but to be honest with you, it really want' enough.
The definition of mad lads. Absolute respect for you guys.
worked with a guy who was ex navy diver and did saturation diving in the North Sea.....that's a tough job with high risk....all the credit is deserved with these guys.
after 5 years of doing this job, you could retire early. I knew a guy from school who went to do this. After coming back from first 6 months on the job he got a brand new sports car, a small house and fully furnished it. Never kept contact though.
Stop lying, mate. These are all myths. The normal pay for someone right after the course is around 50k yearly. Then, only after 5 years and after knowing the right people, you might get $1,400 a day but that is not in every job, so it is uncertain how much u will make.
I've seen a few diff vids of this and have to argue that this might be one of the most extreme jobs ever.
Dude f*cking loves his job. True passion right there... Makes you wonder.
Can't believe we glorify astronauts who don't do shit, but don't give credit to guys like these that actually enable our lives.
This is nuts. These guys are true grit. I could not imagine living 500+ feet under the water for a month. Plus having to be in that suit for 6 hours. What if you have an itch!
Well first they dont live under water for a month. Matter of fact, they don't live under water at all. They work 6 hours umder water then return to the boat with the pressurized living quarters.
What about farting Uummm
@@tonybaggo8507 No farting allowed.
@@tonybaggo8507 imagine needing to take a shit fully suited up and down far from the bell
I work offshore in O&G and we have these guys on our rig a lot, they make really good money, even by offshore O&G standards however from what they've told me sat diving decreases their life expectancy significantly. A quote from one of their crew was "none of us are seeing 70".
Worked with a former Sat Diver with Oceaneering. I believe his deepest dive was around 750’.
Me at welding school: "Ain't gettin' ME inside that pipe."
This guy: Inside the pipe at 600+ ft for 28 days + 4.
Me:
Learnd to dive at 8 in mexico in 1969 then got certified at 11 in 72 ! When you had to memorize the dive table!
Its was very soothing and good for me and my physical therapy as a legally blind man !
If you get a chance , you will never forget it !
This is pretty similar to how working in space in the future would look. With the exception that this is actually more dangerous in some cases.
I was a Sat diver in the 70s in the NorthSea. Diving up to 630ft. Would spend a month in Sat. We were on £5k a month while in Sat. We never thought about any dangers then although I went through several near misses.
Mad respect for saturation divers. ✌️
It’s actually kind of NUTS that we are building all the way down the water like that 😂
Fuck that respect though
Its Todd Hoffman from Gold Rush successful brother
Man! I wished I'd seen this in my twenties! This sounds like an intriguing opportunity for a lifelong career seeing the world.
Hardest part would be not laughing myself to death at my crewmate's chipmunk voices from the high pressure.
Even just listening to him talk, seeing the pictures, and thinking about it stresses me out. No damn way.
What a great job, I’d genuinely love to do that kind of work.
Awesome video lads, thank you.
Incredibly educational. Really love this because the style reminds me of the old Discovery Channel documentaries. I can't even imagine however what it must feel like to have the qualities to do this. Biggest respect for these guys!
You have to be a special person to go down there. Smart, tough, no fear... and love it
God blesses us all with different gifts.
God bless everyone.
Jadon is one of the nicest blokes in our industry... and a top notch diver too.
Stay safe mate... and don't rip anymore flexibles down to the braiding - hahahaaha.
currently at dit on week three, so excited for my career ‼️
I spent the entire video wondering what kind of wildlife they've encountered down there.
Seeing the guys that do maintenance on stuff this deep is cool but i wanna see how that stuff got constructed and installed down there in the first place
I wonder whats the strangest things they have seen that deep down, I would like to hear those stories
The strangest thing I ever saw was being down 300 ft at the end of a diving hose, in remarkably clear water, looking up and seeing the diving barge 300ft above me about the size of a domino, with the stark realization that I may as well be on the moon if anything went wrong. Its was always better to not have that clear visibility when that deep so you wouldn't see how screwed you would be if things starting going bad.
going to school here in a week. This got me so freakin pumped lol
How is it?
@@standlize9323 it was good man, I enjoyed it but most people figure out it isnt for them. I graduated a while ago. I work for cdive out in the gulf on a sat boat.
@@jontharpe1275 im at dit rn bro, were on diving medicine rn we just took our exam today. we’re about to split for chamber and first aid. how is it out there on the gulf? and how consistent is the work? was dit worth it for you?
I am a salvage diver, basically learning the same tools but only going to 30m max with really short spans of time spent underwater. I love that and I honesty considered to do saturation diving too, because it seems like an amazing experience. However I think I would only do one or two trips a year, since I don't need much money and I would be fine with that. But I don't think companies are ok with that.
I wish I knew about this growing up!
My deepest dive in the Gulf of Mexico is 206' on a platform. Would love to go to 600'
@Animals that day I made $1025 for 1 hour of work. Had about 2.5 hrs of deco.
do you work as an independent contractor? or do you work for a union?
Dang that was my dream job but family ended my diving career. Doesn’t mean I can’t still watch TH-cam and dream. Dang do I miss diving, best job in the world.
Me diving to 80 ft and thinking its plenty deep smh this guy is crazy haha
“I feel like an astronaut in the ocean”
bro
I watched YT videos about cave diving and I always thought why TF would anyone do that? Pointless, dangerous and stupid (unless for rescue, which usually is needed *_because_* of someone doing stupid cave diving).
However, THIS saturation diving while similar in the conditions they face is truly impressive. The skill and ability needed to do it is off the charts. Great job boys.
I honestly had no idea this was a thing. That is amazing and terrifying all at the same time.
im so high and watched the whole video and didnt absorb a single word. ggs
you sir are so lucky. to live free is to live with no fear, worries, anxiety, just carefree! that's Saturation diving! 🌊🤝🙌👀💰
There's endless things to worry ab fym
@@justintee3241 right lmfao? Extremely dangerous, extremely labourous work.
Im 17 years old and I am a welding apprentice, I am strongly considering this as a career once I come out of my time... My only problem is I don't have a clue how to get into it 😂Anyone have any information or advice for me?Thanks in advance....
Hi Jonny! Give our admissions team a call at 800.634.8377. We can help you out!
Divers Institute of Technology Thanks for your reply! I'm quite busy at the moment , however, as soon as I am free I will definitely call....Once again,Thanks!
@@Jonny-ub9mw hope you made that call Jonny
I've dove the oil rigs off Long Beach. Eureka and the double rig Ellen and Ellie. Some of my favorite dives. The area of the drill pipes at the 2nd level horizontal structure is calming (90ft). Just hanging out next to those 10each 24"dia drill pipe protection tube, banging around in their guide holes is cool. When looking down on a clear vis day it reminds you of that scene in Star Wars where Luke is fighting Vader in the power vault. Bottomless. Go to the third level 120ft, and you get even calmer with a tinge of getting narcked. My friend who a tech diver did a trimix dive to the bottom at 300 ft.
I once did a dive on a wreck at 155 ft. for 12 minutes. Had to do a 40 minute deco stop at 10 ft. They lower a tank over the side because they knew I was going to run my tank out. I bought a less conservative dive computer after that.
What happens if someone has a panic attack, mental breakdown, or falls ill with a the few days it takes to decompress?
Repeat Films I sure they try to screen for all that stuff.
They go to the Safe Space Chamber.
Your buddies probably try to talk you down from it, if that doesnt work they hopefully tranq you up and try again after the shift. In any case such situations will lead to firings.
Gary Kostik Falling I'll is probably solved via hygienic practices and extensive tests done beforehand. The metal issues I assure are covered via even more extensive psych evaluations way before you ever get near those suits.
In extreme cases, sat divers can be taken out of the sat chamber and placed directly into a hyperbaric chamber and undergo decompression. Ive worked on sat dive spreads in North Sea and off West Africa.
Kia Kaha, Jadon, All the best mate. You were a great diver to work with.
These sleeping chambers could’ve been larger I wonder what other shortcuts were talking to improve the bottom line?
its not about shortcuts if they made the chamber any bigger it would raise the cost to the extent that it just wouldn't be economically feasible to do anymore...this is like saying NASA is doing shortcuts because oh how cramped the ISS is...
Also building anything that can stand up to such pressure is complicated, expensive, and dangerous. The bigger and more hollow the structure, the more difficult it is to produce and maintain.
I'm intrigued. I'm from the Midwest so don't have any dive experience, but would love to learn. The deep depths sounds like an otherworldly experience. I just can't wrap my head around how to do a job without being able to see! Sounds fun, though.
Never thought about it before but these guys are flocking nuts and god bless them for it
Respect for these workers and for their job.
Just to decompress his amount of brass would be one day extra.
I understand that the pressure/gas build up is a major hazard within the job. However in some jobs they go down like 2000ft, Surely there's some bad ass fish etc at that sea level that you really don't want to bump into...!? 😨🤢
One of the best teachers I've ever had
Mate does it. When you talk to him now his head shakes. He's not the same as before. Personality is still there but his shaking head and flicking eyes are wierd
Y’all built different brotha Much Respect ✊
what you know about rolling down in the deep...
These guys are from another world, literally!
These are the men that build our world 👏🏽
I don't know how I came upon this vid...but mind blown
I love seeing people pushing extremes in all fields
Cool
Thank-you!