Students Archives – Dive With Frank

Group photo of eight people (seven students + instructor) celebrating Open Water Diver certification at Lake Phoenix.

Seven New Divers Earn Their Fins at Lake Phoenix

September 29, 2025 Frank Classes, Dive Sites, Students

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

Group of scuba students and instructors smiling in the pool after completing confined water scuba training

🧭 Confined Water Confidence & Big Lake Dreams: Training Weekend Recap + What’s Next

September 22, 2025 Frank Classes, Students

Why walk when you can dive? This past weekend, we splashed into the start of something big. Confined water training might take place in a

A scuba student in wetsuit rings the certification bell at Lake Phoenix.

Adaptive Scuba at Lake Phoenix

September 21, 2025 Frank Classes, Students, Video

Last weekend at Lake Phoenix was a reminder of why I love teaching. The water was unbelievably warm—78 degrees right down to the thermocline at

Group of new scuba divers with instructors standing in front of DiveWithFrank sign at Lake Phoenix

Fins, Fire Pits, and First Certs — DiveWithFrank Takes Lake Phoenix!

September 14, 2025 Frank Awesome, Boy Scouts, Classes, Dive Sites, PADI, Students

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

Ending Summer with a Splash: The Dive With Frank Difference

September 1, 2025 Frank Classes, PADI, Students

Summer may be wrapping up, but things are just heating up at Dive With Frank. ☀️💦 Over the past few months, we’ve been racking up

DWF snaps a photo of a puffer fish down in Roatan

The Water Is Warming Up…Let’s Go Diving!

April 1, 2025 Frank Classes, DAN, Dive Sites, Events, Photos, Students, Trips

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

DWF Finished Off Summer With A Great Weekend Of Diving @ Dutch Springs

August 28, 2019 Frank Awesome, Classes, PADI, Photos, Students

This weekend Dive With Frank finished off summer with a weekend chock full of diving! This also happened to be the weekend that the PADI

DWF Defied The Scuba Gods Last Weekend At Dutch Springs

July 8, 2019 Frank Classes, PADI, Students

Last weekend (June 29-30th, 2019) by the numbers: 5 new PADI Open Water Divers 7 new PADI Advanced Open Water Divers 2 DMiTs (Divemasters in training)

DWF Minted Some New AOW Divers This Weekend @ Juturna Springs

August 20, 2018 Frank Classes, PADI, Photos, Students

The summer of 2018 and my exploration of our new quarry, Juturna Springs continued this weekend DWF got to run his first PADI Advanced Open