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, another in November, a ZAD course...
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 Instructor for more than 10. In...
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 — and they crushed it. Checkout weekends...
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 energy, excitement, and “I’m really doing...
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 kind of water that makes you...
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, they don’t eat, and they’ll never...
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 calm, and the best vibes this...
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 skills, and transforming curious adventurers into...
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 BSA Scuba Diving Merit Badge Counselor!...
🧟♂️ 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 groan echoing through the water. Divers...
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 the sign says). I don’t get...
DWF is going Oyster Diving on November 1st, 2025! Do you love diving? Do you love fresh oysters? Well put those two things together and you have the recipe for a great time! DWF...
DWF is going Oyster Diving on October 11th, 2025! Do you love diving? Do you love fresh oysters? Well put those two things together and you have the recipe for a great time! DWF...
Coral Reef Encounter 2025! Now in its fifth year, this is a great event for your little ones who aren’t quite old enough to have take up scuba diving…yet. DWF will be there! 📅...
Private Dive Instruction, Tailored to You — No Crowds. No Waiting. Just You + Adventure. Want to become a scuba diver without cramming into an overcrowded classroom or swimming behind a swarm of fins?...
September 24 – October 4, 2026
Sun. Salt. Soft coral walls. The South Pacific done right.
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April 24 – May 1, 2027
Warm water. Caribbean reefs. Easy diving. Big adventure energy.
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Three trips. Plenty of teeth.
One heck of a season.
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