Abstract: An apparatus for handling hose underwater and specifically for hose connection to an underwater pipe including a saddle adapted to receive a hose, a clamp for retaining the hose in the saddle, said saddle being movable, means for pulling a hose underwater into said saddle, and means for pulling the hose, after it has been brought into alignment with the underwater pipe, into sufficiently close proximity to the end of the underwater pipe for completing the connection. The method of making an underwater hose connection including the steps of pulling a hose down in the water, orienting a saddle to a position in which its axis is parallel to the axis of the hose, pulling the hose into the saddle, clamping the hose in the saddle, orienting the saddle to position the hose in axial alignment with the pipe to which the hose is to be connected and moving the hose into sufficiently close proximity for its connection to the underwater pipe.