The Last Warm Weekend: Two Kids, One Lake, and a Whole Lot of Heart November 15–16, Lake Phoenix, VA There is always one weekend at
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Core Memories, Clear Water, and Scuba Fever: Florida Checkout Weekend!
There are weekends where everything just clicks. The kind where the gear behaves, the weather cooperates, and the ocean shows off like she’s been waiting
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The Bay Bit Back (But We Still Won): DWF’s October Oyster Dive
A chilly dawn, warm water lies, jellyfish shenanigans, bushels of Bay gold—and one righteous shell drop. There’s a certain sound at 7 a.m. on a
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Seven New Divers Earn Their Fins at Lake Phoenix
Why walk when you can dive? This past weekend at Lake Phoenix in Rawlings, Virginia, seven brand-new divers took their very first breaths underwater in
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Fins, Fire Pits, and First Certs — DiveWithFrank Takes Lake Phoenix!
What happens when you unplug, pack your gear, and head to a spring-fed quarry with four determined students, two sets of fathers and sons, a
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Back to Hydra — Drysuit Training, Chocolate Milk Viz, and Happy Popsicles
Sunday, August 3rd found me back at Lake Hydra—which, if you’ve been around long enough, you still reflexively call Dutch Springs (and probably always will,
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The Water Is Warming Up…Let’s Go Diving!
As winter is coming to an end it’s time to remind you that DWF is ready provide you with the training or travel opportunities you
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DWF Went Diving at Walt Disney World
Did you know that you can go scuba diving at Walt Disney World? More specifically, you can go scuba diving at the aquarium at EPCOT!
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This Weekend DWF Was Cold, Wet, And All Smiles!
Last weekend DWF got to teach two classes to expand my students’ skills envelope. On Saturday (a Divemaster), fresh off last weekend’s Zombie Apocalypse Diver
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