Tortuga is a PADI 5 Star dive center in St Petersburg that has been training divers for more than 10 years, led by a PADI Master Instructor trained by a UK Platinum Course Director. Lessons run in two heated pools (28-30C), available morning, afternoon and evening, with a large rental fleet including dry suits. The center runs its own kids' diving club and takes students from a first Discover Scuba Diving try-dive through Open Water, Advanced, Rescue, technical specialties, freediving and the PADI Mermaid program, all the way to professional and instructor development courses (IDC). Tortuga also organizes dive trips, most often to Egypt.