🥋 Are You Ready for the Black Belt of Scuba?
Let’s be real: you didn’t get certified just to stay certified. You did it because you caught that underwater itch — the one that never really goes away.…
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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 fall dive morning…
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The Pool Is Closed (But the Adventure’s Just Getting Started)
The pool is closing soon, and that means Dive With Frank is officially wrapping up pool season. Sure, there are still dives ahead: an Oyster Dive this weekend,…
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From Friends to Dive Buddies: Certifying Kenn
Some moments in life you wait a long time for. This one? I’ve been waiting decades. I’ve been diving for over 15 years, and teaching as a PADI…
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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 open water —…
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🧭 Confined Water Confidence & Big Lake Dreams: Training Weekend Recap + What’s Next
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 pool, but the…
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Adaptive Scuba at Lake Phoenix
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 35 feet. The…
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Meet the Newest Members of the DiveWithFrank Family
Big news from the DiveWithFrank camp—we’ve had a little “gear shower.” 🍼✨ That’s right: the family just grew by five shiny new aluminum AL80 tanks. They don’t cry,…
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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 divemaster who radiates…
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Ending Summer with a Splash: The Dive With Frank Difference
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 pool time, building…
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Zombie Apocalypse Diver: This October…the infection returns!
🧟♂️ Something Lurks Beneath the Surface… Zombie Apocalypse Diver — Saturday, October 25, 2025 It started with strange bubbles rising from the deep. A lone fin. A muffled…
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