Self-Reliant Diver
The PADI Self-Reliant Diver specialty builds advanced planning, redundancy, and decision-making skills for experienced divers who want greater independence and confidence underwater.
Dive With Frank - From The Logbook
Big Things Are In Store For MD Scuba Diving In 2018
The last couple of times that I was up at Hyde’s Quarry (our regular scuba training venue) I started hearing rumors that a new quarry might be opening up. First, nobody knew where it...
Zombie Apocalypse Diver Explained
Over the weekend of January 19-20th, 2018 DWF got the chance to give a couple of presentations at the Baltimore/DC Dive Show. One of those presentations was PADI Zombie Apocalypse Diver Explained. If you’ve...
DWF November 2018 Oyster Dive
DWF is going Oyster Diving on November 3rd, 2018! Do you love diving? Do you love fresh oysters? Well put those two things together and you have the recipe for a great time! Columbia...
DWF October 2018 Oyster Dive
DWF is going Oyster Diving on October 13th, 2018! Do you love diving? Do you love fresh oysters? Well put those two things together and you have the recipe for a great time! Columbia...
DWF’s 2018 Schedule Has Dropped
Hey Kids, Are you getting sick of the winter yet? Well so is DWF, but fear not. My 2018 schedule of classes has dropped and it’s going to be a pretty awesome year! I’ve...
DWF Gets Ready For Christmas With Some Brand New Swag!
A couple of my students have asked me where DWF gets all his sweet merch so I added a few more items to the catalog. So tell the world about your favorite pastime AND your...
Winter Is Coming…But DWF Didn’t Feel It This Weekend
This weekend DWF finished up his very last scheduled PADI Open Water Scuba Diver course of the year. Flanked by my awesome Divemaster Andrew we took four students through their four Open Water checkout...
July 2018 North Carolina Wreck and Megalodon Shark Tooth Trip
Join DWF for a weekend of great diving off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. We’re doing 2 days of diving! Columbia Scuba is putting together a charter with Aquatic Safaris SCUBA Center, Inc. Over the last few years I’ve...
May 2018 North Carolina Wreck and Megalodon Shark Tooth Trip
Hey kids, Join DWF for a weekend of great diving off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. We’re doing 2 days of diving! Columbia Scuba is putting together a charter with Aquatic Safaris SCUBA Center, Inc. Over the last few...
DWF Shucked Around This Weekend
This was a big weekend here at DWF, with not one, but TWO events this weekend. For starters, DWF led Columbia Scuba‘s most recent Oyster diving trip. DWF and 5 of his closest oyster...
DWF Keeps Getting Older…Quarry Water Stays The Same Shade Of Green
DWF survived yet another trip around the sun this weekend and decided to celebrate his **th birthday by taking some students to Hyde’s Quarry for Open Water, Dry Suit, and Peak Performance Buoyancy dives....
DWF Rescued An iPhone At Savage Race, MD (Fall) 2017 Last Weekend
DWF closed out the summer of 2017 and roared right into the fall by spending last weekend (September 9th) working as a Rescue Diver for Event Medics at the Savage Race in Kennedyville,...
DWF is now a BSA Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor
In case you missed it, DiveWithFrank is now a BSA Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor. I am working with the Four Rivers District, Baltimore Area Council. But I’m open to expanding that so I...
DWF Rocked Out At Scuba Jam VA 2017
Ever since I first became an instructor I’ve wanted to work with the Boy Scouts as a Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor. I’d touched base with a couple of local scoutmasters (including a guy...
