Let's build out a global pay rate range. In the e-book I wrote, I flat-out refused to print a day rate. The second I write "$X is how much you'll earn in this industry," it's already wrong for someone — wrong country, wrong sector, wrong year. But let's be honest about who that silence actually serves: the only people who win when divers don't talk numbers are the ones signing the cheques. Some of these outfits are still paying 2013 rates and counting on you not knowing any better, or so desperate for a job, you'll accept nearly anything. So I'll go first. All cards on the table. Me — offshore sat, one of the majors out of the Middle East: $500 USD/day, door to door +$30/hr, in what's usually a 25–27 day sat 3–4 sats a year The offshore air diving guys are on around $350–450 USD depending on experience. The untypical bit for this part of the world that nobody mentions: my company covers every ticket renewal and all my training apart from my annual dive medical. That's rare as hen's teeth out here, and over a career it's worth more than a few dollars on the day rate. Do the maths on what you bleed on recerts and travel before you compare headline numbers. The other end of the same gulf — some companies out here run $420 / $20 for sat work, half rate while you're travelling, and you cover your own renewals. They'll often give you more sats a year (+5-ish), so it's never a clean apples-to-apples. And back home — inshore New Zealand sits around $450–550 NZD/day, depending on the company/project. 4 completely different realities in the "same" industry. I want to build the real picture — a proper rate map for the people staring down a $30k decision to do a dive course with no clue what's actually waiting on the other side. So here's the ask. Drop yours below — ballpark's fine, round the numbers, no need to name the company. •Region / country: Sector + level (inshore / offshore air / sat — and your ticket): •Day rate + currency (state which — e.g. USD / NZD / GBP / NOK):

Hey divers Time for a new wetty jacket and all the good ones here in Aus have hoods on them. Last few I’ve just chopped them with scissors, but wondering if there are any tricks for a neater seam/cut eg hot knife?? Or neoprene tape etc… what do you guys do?

Hello all, Career changer here. Have done a little bit of everything from carpentry, composites, marina work, military service and most recently IT. I’ve realized office work isn’t for me and this trade has interested me for a long time so I enrolled at Santa Barbara’s MDT program and will be starting this fall. Interested in growing my network as I get through training and learning whatever I can from this group. Thanks!

I never thought this page would take off like this, our network is growing every day. I just had a look at the MAP tab and it's quite impressive to see that we come from nearly every corner of the globe. My challenge for you: Zoom in to your region and send a message to all crew in your area to touch base. Maybe you can help each other out, maybe you just catch up for a beer/coffee. You never know who you might meet and how that connection might change your career path in the future. It was because of networking that I managed to get a start offshore, back in the day we didn't have tools like this so make the most of it. Jobs don't fallout of the sky near you unless you put yourself in a position to catch them.

Hey divers, I’m coming up to my dreaded time of year where i gotta do yearly medical and first aid certs, but of course it’s landed in the timeframe where I’ve come off one project and haven’t started the next so can’t get employer to pay 😭 Anyways, I got sick of going through my folders to check each cert expiry individually and I made my own tool to track it. It’s on IOS only right now but thought I’d share in case y’all would find this helpful. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/certitracker/id6752984516