This weekend at Dutch Springs was the kind of experience that made me want to become an instructor. We had 15…count ’em 15 different divers come together to get certified, fun dive, build our skills,...
Another weekend in July…well you know what that means. Another fantastic weekend of scuba education spent up at Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, PA! My awesome divemaster, Dwayne and I spent last weekend taking students...
Another weekend into summer — another weekend up at Dutch Springs, PA! DWF spent last weekend knocking out a PADI Advanced Open Water and a PADI Deep Diver class! Flanked by my awesome Divemaster...
Last weekend DWF spent the balance of his Memorial Day holiday weekend up at Dutch Springs. A total of 6 students and a couple of buddies who wanted to fun dive showed up for...
Last weekend was one of those scuba diving weekends that I always hoped for as an instructor. DWF and 4 other students headed up to Dutch Springs for a weekend of the PADI Advanced Open Water (AOW) course as...
DWF and his team of Zombie Hunting Scuba Divers staked out the chilly waters of Hyde’s Quarry for some zombie annihilation, scavenging, infectious material recovery operations, and oh yah…a whole lot of fun. ...
Hyde’s Quarry has opened back up for the 2017 scuba season, and DWF was out there this weekend to welcome 5 new PADI Open Water Scuba Divers into the world! This was a pretty...
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...
Today was the last day of the season @ Dutch Springs and DWF was there to certify a couple excited Deep Diver students. It was a brisk 60 (or so) degrees F at the surface,...
This weekend, Columbia Scuba welcomes 6 brand spankin’ new PADI Open Water Scuba Divers into the world of scuba diving. With the help of fellow MSDT “Pro-Dive” Serif, we each worked with our classes...
Let me be the first to congratulate Columbia Scuba‘s 8 newest PADI Zombie Apocalypse Divers! This week DWF had his biggest Zombie Apocalypse Diver Class evah! Assisted by my awesome DMiT Stu, we kicked...
Congratulations to Columbia Scuba‘s 2 newest PADI Dry Suit Specialty divers! We had Hyde’s Quarry pretty much to ourselves today to take the students’ newly acquired dry suit skills for a spin. Down at...
DWF celebrated his **th birthday this weekend by certifying 7 brand new PADI Open Water divers! Last week the class finished up our confined water dives as well...
Congratulations to Columbia Scuba’s newest PADI Advanced Open Water Divers! We spent a fantastic weekend up at Dutch Springs, PA taking 5 different PADI Specialties for a spin! We sampled Peak Performance Buoyancy Underwater Navigation...
I don’t do nearly as much fun diving as I should. Today was the last Monday of summer before the munchkins head back to school. Since this was our last chance to do some...
DWF spent this weekend assisting Columbia Scuba team member and fellow MSDT Serif with an Open Water class at Hyde’s Quarry up in Westminster, MD. Flanked by our awesome up-and-coming DMiT Dwayne, we kept...
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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