How Do I Get Scuba Certified?
New to scuba diving? This guide explains exactly how certification works, what to expect, and how Dive With Frank helps beginners learn calmly and confidently from the very first breath.
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April 2018 Blackbeard’s Cruise w/ DWF
Join DiveWithFrank and Columbia Scuba for a week of amazing diving in the Exuma Cays during the week of April 14th-20th, 2018. We are taking the Sea Explorer LiveAboard out of Nassau, Bahamas. The...
DWF Hit Beneath The Sea Public Safety Diver Conference
This weekend (March 25-27th, 2017) the Beneath The Sea scuba convention took place at the Meadowlands Exhibition Center up in Secaucus, NJ. For the most part, this is a consumer-focused convention, and not really...
Spring Into Scuba
Happy First Day Of Spring! I love diving! I mean I love love love diving! Even though I have my dry suit and can dive over the winter, I still get a little squirrley waiting...
What’s A Dry Suit Class Without Snow
When I woke up yesterday morning and saw it was snowing my first thought was “you gotta be kidding me!” I have learned something this season. When I have the chance to teach a...
Last Year Was Pretty Awesome For DWF
Last year DWF certified over 100 students in lots of different classes. This earned me a PADI Elite Instructor award for 2016. 100 certs is a year is a heck of a milestone. I’d like to...
DWF Celebrated Valentines Day With One Of His Greatest Loves
This winter hasn’t been nearly as bad as in recent years, but still a little too cold to hit the water in a wetsuit. But that didn’t stop a recent class of 5 intrepid...
My “real” job thinks scuba is pretty cool too!
A long-form profile about how scuba diving became more than a hobby for me, and why teaching and exploration still matter.
DWF Does His First Blackbeard’s Cruise
(Forget this! I just wanna see the pictures or the videos) Those of you who know me have probably heard that I’m teaching a little less this year and fun diving a little more....
Tales By Light (Ep 1) On Netflix
Winter is here, and all of the local diving has water in the low 40s to high 30s (F). I haven’t been open water since January 1st and I’m jonesin’ pretty hard. So I...
DWF Is Teaching All Winter!
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but SCUBA can still be delightful… Is someone in your life interested in learning to dive? Give the unique gift of SCUBA this holiday season. Have them give...
DWF “Official” Swag
Hey Kids Look cool while you stay warm this winter with some “official” Dive With Frank swag! It’s been a pretty stellar year. I met a lot of great students and I’ve created a...
So You Think You’re A Deep Diver?
I found this little video online about just how deep the ocean is. It’s worth watching. The Ocean is Way Deeper Than You Think Please Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2dB7VTO Music is by Ross Bugden, seriously, his...
DWF Finishes Up His Last CW Dives Of The Year
DWF finished up the confined water portion his last Open Water class of the year last night. We had 7 students total for this class. Flanked by the always awesome fellow instructor (serving as...
Water — DWF Can’t Quit You
So this weekend, DWF didn’t have any scuba diving classes, but that doesn’t mean he could stay out of the water. DWF is also the Dive Operations Coordinator for the Fifth District Volunteer Fire...
DWF Is A Real Mother Shucker
In case you hadn’t heard, DWF took the lead in organizing an oyster hunting trip yesterday. Meeting up at 7am and taking a boat out of Kent Island, MD we had a great time...
