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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The Logbook is where Dive With Frank shares scuba diving stories, training insights, travel adventures, marine life encounters, and lessons learned underwater.
The hero image for The Logbook on Dive With Frank. An open dive logbook rests on a sandy reef beneath sunlit blue water, symbolizing the collection of scuba diving articles, travel stories, training insights, marine life encounters, and underwater adventures featured throughout the site.
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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DWF is a BSA Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor – 2025 Edition!
DWF Is Back as a BSA Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor – 2025 Edition! It’s official—I’m thrilled to announce that DiveWithFrank is once again serving as a registered…
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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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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…
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