Welcome to one of the best dive centers in Italy.
Staff, equipment, facilities: everything is studied
in details to ensure you top dives.
Top of quality, top of safety, top of fun.
The welcoming tourist town of Santa
Margherita is placed in the very heart of the
Ligurian Riviera. Here, between the famous
Portofino Promontory Marine Park and the
fascinating wrecks from Liguria, Tortuga Diving
Portofino & Santa Margherita Ligure is one of
the few diving centers of the area having direct
access to both the beach and the wharf. This
enviable position is but one of the distinctive
features you’ll find at Tortuga Diving. Indeed, it
was the one of the first Italian diving center to
become a Five Star PADI Instructor
Development Center: the best for a PADI diving
center. This achievement is grounded on fundamentalrequirements such as quality of the air
used for tank refill, guest service, boats and promotion of
environmental awareness programmes.
Dive boats
2 zodiacs 8.5 m long and 1 cabin boat are always ready
for you at the jetty, each powered by a Volvo engine
270 CV and equipped with all that’s needed to ensure
you a pleasant and safe dive: place for 12/14 tanks,
echosounder, safety equipment, oxygen and first aid.
Hours of Operation:
7:30 AM to 19:00 PM
365 days a year!
During the week ends, our boats leave every two hours
form dawn (7.30 a.m.) to dusk. And what about a night
dive? From Monday to Friday we have two dive times
scheduled: 10.30 a.m. and 2.30. p.m. You chose when
and how many dives: we’re always here!

Diving Packages

Dive

The dives in the marine park are without a
doubt some of the best in Europe. The
Famous Isuela, described in the book The
Best Dive of Sites of the World by Egidio
Trainito and Kurt Amsler, is just one of
them, and the natural walls and drop-offs
make many of the dives simply
spectacular.
Many wrecks in the area are mentioned in
the Diving Guide to the Mediterranean
Wrecks by Kurt Amsler.

40 € (42 $) Book Now

5 DIVES PACKAGE

5 DIVES - NITROX FOR FREE AND GUIDE. A fascinating and mysterious underwater
world is waiting for you. Our staff will unveil
you the wonderful marine flora and fauna,
leading you through the discovery of
submerged treasures.
This spectacular part of the Italian Riviera just 30 minutes
from Genoa’s international airport is sheltered by the
headland of Portofino and features one of the most prolific
and abundant marine parks in the Mediterranean.
At Tortuga, none of these dives have many secrets to hide
from our dive guides, who will help you enjoy this wonderful
marine park.

190 € (200 $) Book Now

10 DIVES- NITROX FOR FREE AND GUIDE

10 BOAT DIVES, PORTOFINO AND WRECKS FROM LIGURIA, NITROX FOR FREE AND GUIDE.
The name Portofino derives from the Latin Porteus Delfinus, which means port of dolphins, and it is a natural heaven and harbor for the yachts of the rich and famous.

350 € (369 $) Book Now

FULL DAY DIVING

2 DIVES AND LUNCH . NITROX FOR FREE AND GUIDE.
2 DIVES IN THE MORNING M LUNCH AT 14:00 AND RELAX.
2 zodiacs 8.5 m long and 1 cabin boat are always ready
for you at the jetty, each powered by a Volvo engine
270 CV and equipped with all that’s needed to ensure
you a pleasant and safe dive: place for 12/14 tanks,
echosounder, safety equipment, oxygen and first aid.

100 € (105 $) Book Now

1 TECH DIVE

Wrecks, rocks, walls and more.Tortuga Diving Portofino is a PADI Instructor Development Dive Center, the staff, equipment and dive boats can help you to discover the best tech dives in Liguria.
wrecks: U-455, Marcella, Genova, Mohawk Deer, Kt, Cargo Armato, Bettolina, Vapore di Moneglia, Colosso, Bolzaneto, washington and more.
More then 25 tech dive sites.

60 € (63 $) Book Now

Practical information

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Courses:

PADI OWD / AOWD / Rescue
PADI Divemaster
PADI IDC / OWSI
Tec diver programs

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Dive Agencies:

PADI
CMAS
TDI

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Equipment Rental:

Camera Rental
Recreational diving gear
Technical diving gear
Dive computer rental
Dry suit rental

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Diving available:

Shore Diving
Boat Diving
Full day Safari
Deep Diving
Nitrox Diving
Tech Diving

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Facilities:

Dive shop - Equipment for sale
Non-Diving activities
Pickups from hotels
Showers
Changing Room
Swimming Pool
Classroom
Videography Service
Photography Service
Repair / Service Center
Safe box / Lockers
Wifi Available
Free Wifi Available

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Instructors:

6

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Languages:

ITALIAN
SPANISH
ENGLISH
GERMAN

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Payment Methods:

Visa
Mastercard
Paypal
Other Methods

More information about Portofino - Tortuga Diving

We are one of the few diving centers in the area having direct access to the wharf. This avoids tedious and somehow risky road crossings. Our boats are moored at 50 m distance from the diving and, as far as you equipment is concerned, we’ll take care of it. Three karts run restlessly back and forth to the jetty, while tanks are already lined up there waiting for you! Thanks to a joint-venture with Cressi Sub, at Tortuga Diving you’ll find the ultimate equipment. We have 50 complete diving sets for our guests. Don’t lose your chance to try the most up-to-date Cressi products before they’ll are released to the market. We have 180 tanks, not mentioning the 30 Nitrox-dedicated ones. Nitrox and gas blended refills are also available thanks to a LW compressor implemented with high quality filters. Air, nitrox, Oxygen and trimix. A fascinating and mysterious underwater world is waiting for you. Our staff will unveil you the wonderful marine flora and fauna, leading you through the discovery of submerged treasures. This spectacular part of the Italian Riviera just 30 minutes from Genoa’s international airport is sheltered by the headland of Portofino and features one of the most prolific and abundant marine parks in the Mediterranean. At Tortuga, none of these dives have many secrets to hide from our dive guides, who will help you enjoy this wonderful marine park. Tortuga Diving Portofino is perfectly positioned near the port of Santa Margherita and has direct access to its own private beach. Santa Margherita is on the coast adjacent to the world famous town of Portofino. The dives in the marine park are without a doubt some of the best in Europe. The Famous Isuela, described in the book The Best Dive of Sites of the World by Egidio Trainito and Kurt Amsler, is just one of them, and the natural walls and drop-offs make many of the dives simply spectacular. Many wrecks in the area are mentioned in the Diving Guide to the Mediterranean Wrecks by Kurt Amsler. Our Services include: Diver and Pro level training through to Course Director preparation. Guided Dive to The headland of Portofino and the Wrecks from Liguria. High Quality logistics for; Dive Shops, Dive Clubs and Dive Schools ( direct access to private beach for beach training dives. We can offer The PADI Referral Services to other dive schools ( Open water training, for OWD, Advanced, Rescue & DM Internships ) Night Dives. Dives with Air, Nitrox, trimix. Over 50 sets of New Cressi Sub dive gear, including Dry Suites, gloves, booties, torches, dive computers & digital cameras. Hotel bookings plus airport transfers. The guarantee the best possible services, we ask as far as possible to pre-book whenever feasible, both for diving and Rental equipment and accommodation bookings. Hotel bookings are subject to availability and we highly advisable to option your accommodation well before your visit!