Didactic Turtle

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About Us

Didactic Turtle is a diving business operating in Lisbon, Portugal.

It has three main areas of focus:

  • Teaching diving
  • Technical services for the diving community: maintenance and inspection of equipment.
  • Filling station: in partnership with Xplorasub.

Our Vision

To be a reference in Portugal for the teaching and training of divers and the maintenance and inspection of diving equipment, including rebreathers.

Our Mission

To provide our students with the best capabilities and know-how in all diving environments.

To provide the diving community with state-of-the-art maintenance services in accordance with industry best practices, standards and manufacturers’ recommendations.

This shall be achieved through continuous study and self-development, solid transfer of knowledge to others, protocols with international and regulatory agencies and manufacturers and the use of required specialised equipment.

Photo by Przemyslaw Zyber
Photo by Przemyslaw Zyber

About Us

Didactic Turtle is a diving business operating in Lisbon, Portugal.

It has three main areas of focus:

  • Teaching diving
  • Technical services for the diving community: maintenance and inspection of equipment.
  • Filling station: in partnership with Xplorasub.

Our Vision

To be a reference in Portugal for the teaching and training of divers and the maintenance and inspection of diving equipment, including rebreathers.

Our Mission

To provide our students with the best capabilities and know-how in all diving environments.

To provide the diving community with state-of-the-art maintenance services in accordance with industry best practices, standards and manufacturers’ recommendations.

This shall be achieved through continuous study and self-development, solid transfer of knowledge to others, protocols with international and regulatory agencies and manufacturers and the use of required specialised equipment.

Photo by Przemyslaw Zyber
Photo by Przemyslaw Zyber
Eduardo Gomes – Technical Director

Eduardo started as an open-water diver in 2004. He became a dive master in 2009, a CCR Advanced Mixed Gas in 2012, and a Full Cave Diver in 2012.

Manuel Leotte

Manuel started diving in 1989 and became a BSAC recreational diving instructor in 1993, an open circuit instructor in 2004 and a rebreather instructor in 2008.

Technical Reference

In this section you can find videos and documents that we consider important.

These can give you an idea of how things are made or give you important general information on different diving/technical subjects. Hope you enjoy it, and you can learn from them!

Videos

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Diving School

Although Didactic Turtle is more focused on Technical Diving, we also take great pleasure in teaching recreational entry-level divers or divers who want to expand their skills.

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