Commercial Diving: The Risks, Near Misses and Reality of Offshore Life - Rob Hinton

This week I'm joined by Rob Hinton.

Rob is a former Royal Navy mine clearance diver, commercial diver, military diving instructor and founder of HoldFast Elite and the HoldFast Schools Mission.

We discuss the realities of commercial diving, the risks that come with working underwater, near misses that still stay with him today, and why humour is often a vital coping mechanism in high risk industries.

Rob also shares stories from the North Sea, Norway, West Africa and the Middle East, along with the lessons he learned during nearly 15 years as a commercial diver.

We finish by discussing why he stepped away from offshore life and how he turned his diving experience into a mission focused on mental and physical resilience.

Topics include:

• Royal Navy diving

• Commercial diving offshore

• Near misses and diving incidents

• Offshore culture and dark humour

• Air diving vs saturation diving

• The realities of life offshore

• Mental health and resilience

• HoldFast Elite

• Building purpose after offshore life

0:00 Introduction

0:26 Who is Rob Hinton?

1:05 Learning to dive in South Africa

1:47 Why he joined the Royal Navy divers

2:31 Moving from military diving into offshore oil and gas

4:40 First impressions of offshore life

5:30 Why he left the North Sea to work worldwide

6:41 The reality of risk in commercial diving

7:45 Why dark humour is essential offshore

11:10 Near misses and dangerous situations offshore

12:54 The Norway incident that nearly became a fatality

14:57 Equipment failures and emergency situations underwater

16:54 The closest call of Rob's diving career

20:35 Air diving vs saturation diving

21:31 Why air diving can be riskier than people realise

22:20 What people misunderstand about commercial diving

23:33 The reality of life away from home

25:00 Burnout and the mental toll of offshore work

26:31 Why Rob stepped away from offshore diving

27:50 Creating HoldFast Elite

28:52 Using military training to improve mental resilience

31:13 Building the HoldFast Challenges

32:25 Looking back on life offshore

33:13 Advice for anyone considering commercial diving

34:35 Rob's proudest career achievement

35:39 Closing thoughts

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