They're astronauts, but upside down.

Fish are even looking at them like bruhh

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.

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.

" I can't wait to go back Sat diving" he says with no expression and dead eyes

This is madness. Halfway between dream and nightmare

I've been a recreational diver for about 12yrs now and the deepest I've been to is about 42m........ to me and my European Dive mates (who fully understand the technicalities of this) these saturation types are like Spec Ops. It takes a special type of lunatic to take those risks. Kudos to these lads

Thanks for the video. My father was a North Sea Pioneer Diver in the 1970s and worked for Taylor Diving & Salvage. They actually went down to 320m (1,050ft). Unfortunately, he was killed due to mechanical and human failures while completing a dive in the Skånevikfjord between Bergen and Stavanger. A Norwegian news organization, the NRK, did a documentary on the accident back in 2015 called the Deepest Dive.

"I love sat diving." These folks are off the chain, straight up. Big respect.

Man I thought I was hot shit doing 80 foot dives. These guys are absolutely hardcore.

And i complain for working 2 hours overtime.. These people are a different breed of humans. Mad respect

Nothing but absolute respect to these people. The mental and physical stamina to do this, never mind the sheer balls, unreal.

This guy is my next instructor at DIT. Already met him, great guy.

"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?

My brother was a saturation diver in the North Sea from 1991 to 2004 and he regularly worked at 450 foot deep. He made a lot of money and well😊 deserved

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.

They are a different breed. Hats off to them.

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!

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

When it comes to getting bread they've got the keys to the bakery.

I can"t believe the water level of the ocean doesn't rise, when he goes down there with his GIANT BALLS!

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!!!!!

I've been in the Army, worked on oil rigs, worked on power lines and more. This would drive me absolutely mad respect to these men. 👊🏼.

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.

"AQUANAUTS"

Was a pioneer Sat Diver in the North Sea back in 1975, 650' was my deepest. In those days they were still experimenting with gas and as helium was so expensive, one time they had us breathing neon! Great times. Also we were doing mixed gas 300' bounce dives.

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 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.

not for the claustrophobic

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.

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!!

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.

KZfaq recommendations hooking me up with something I ain’t never seen or heard about before 👌🏻🔥 Rad video ❤️

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!

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!

It truly is being an astronaut on earth. I love everything to do with ocean exploration.

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.

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

Knew a guy who worked off the coast of south africa doing this. He and his 2 co workers were near the bed of the ocean when they found diamonds. Needless to say, he retired incredibly early.

Absolutely amazing how tough these guys are. Nothing but respect to these guys pushing their bodies like this. Wow.

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!

Damn this is one of the most hardcore things I’ve ever seen. 28 days underwater at insane pressures gaddamn!

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 wish someone when I was younger pointed out this job and I figured out my path to do it. It's wild.

It's crazy to me that humans even know this is what you have to do to go that deep.

No wonder these guys get paid so much. You really gotta know what you’re doing and stay level-headed no matter what.

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.

The definition of mad lads. Absolute respect for you guys.

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

I know this is serious but I just imagine one of them saying some really technical stuff but with the helium voice I'm just dying of laughter

Jadon Anderson is good shit. He was my instructor and is currently my boss. Great guy all around.

Diving is so awesome. It is like another world underwater ! In some situations you can even hear your heart beat it’s so soothing

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.

Mental toughness is definitely the key in this job

Dude f*cking loves his job. True passion right there... Makes you wonder.

Thank you guys for doing this so we have utilities! That’s a lot of commitment!

my brother just graduated in june 17 from this school. the graduation ceremony was really nice the campus was awesome. d.i.t. is something to be proud of. looking forward to more videos

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’re looking for something you can’t see until you run into it.” That thought, while deep underwater, is terrifying.

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.

That's hard core brother, thanks for posting.

I feel like an astronaut in the ocean .

Thank You to all of you brave men!!!Thank You all for all you do much respect to all of you!!!!!!!!

You guys that do this work are amazing. Thanks for the info. about this field. "Stay safe."

I really appreciate these guys for the jobs that they do

Thanks for all you do.

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

What a great job, I’d genuinely love to do that kind of work. Awesome video lads, thank you.

At those Depths, I can only imagine the stuff you see. Giant sharks, Sea Serpents, Mermaids, U.S.O.’s, etc.. all kinds of demonic stuff can come out of the darkness in that environment.

You have to be a special person to go down there. Smart, tough, no fear... and love it

Man! I wished I'd seen this in my twenties! This sounds like an intriguing opportunity for a lifelong career seeing the world.

Mad respect for saturation divers. ✌️

Fuck that respect though

These guys are unbelievably brave, what a job.

man, you are a bloody hero and i salute you.

That’s pretty cool, I didn’t even have an idea that this existed. Those guys are awesome

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.

Wow that’s some serious preparation and crazy work environment

Never ceases to amaze me - the amount, and extremes, of activities and environments that humans can engage in.

fascinating. We forget the incredible engineering that sustains our way of life and which can only be implemented thanks to people in such hazardous jobs as these deep sea technicians. Few of us could live in such un-natural conditions, cramped space and no sun light. Thank you to you and respect.

I've seen a few diff vids of this and have to argue that this might be one of the most extreme jobs ever.

I am glad there are people who enjoy this sort of work. I wouldn't be able to take that claustrophobic environment for so long.

Such a fascinating profession!

I always used to think that these things were intended to resist positive pressure, but actually they are designed to maintain dive pressure. Fascinating

In the meantime, me sit on the couch with my cat: “Damn the remote is fucking over there again”

this is totally awesome

Kia Kaha, Jadon, All the best mate. You were a great diver to work with.

I wish I knew about this growing up!

He's correct. As an Aussie, go through the course in Tasmania or you go home and dream. If you know you know.

So totally amazing. Stay safe and aware. Respect 💯

Brilliant. Thank you

As a helicopter pilot in the Gulf of Mexico in the late 70s I sometimes flew out to dive boats. The story that I was told most often was that these guys had a 10 year or so working life before they got too bent to continue diving. The goal was to make enough money in that amount of time to buy and equip their own dive boat and bid contracts and then let someone else do the diving while they supervised. I wonder if it is still like that.

Me at welding school: "Ain't gettin' ME inside that pipe." This guy: Inside the pipe at 600+ ft for 28 days + 4. Me:

One of the best teachers I've ever had

You guys deserve every penny you get.

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.

Its Todd Hoffman from Gold Rush successful brother

Y’all built different brotha Much Respect ✊

hard core work, bravo

Hardest part would be not laughing myself to death at my crewmate's chipmunk voices from the high pressure.