The Last Warm Weekend: Two Kids, One Lake, and a Whole Lot of Heart
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 the end of the season when the weather gives...
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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 for you all week. This was one of those...
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 fall dive morning – wetsuit zippers, coffee slurps, and...
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 open water — and they crushed it. Checkout weekends...
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 divemaster who radiates calm, and the best vibes this...
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, no matter what the sign says). I don’t get...
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 need to get back into the water. Contact Dive...
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! Back in January, DWF headed down to WDW and...
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 class, decided to take his self-reliant skills as well...
