Why the RDP Still Matters (Even in a World of Dive Computers) Sharing the Depth: Mysterious Wrist Boxes, Lego Logic, and the Danger of Skipping the Model When I learned to dive “back in...
The Dive With Frank Dive Table Trainer is a free interactive tool that generates unlimited RDP practice problems to help scuba students and instructors master pressure groups, surface intervals, repetitive dives, residual nitrogen time, and more.
DWF Labs is Dive With Frank’s workshop for free scuba diving tools, calculators, classroom resources, and educational experiments built to help divers and instructors dive smarter.
Headlines claiming that DAN is suing PADI and NAUI have sparked confusion throughout the diving community. Here’s a plain-English explanation of what’s actually happening, why an insurance company is involved, and what the case could mean for divers and dive professionals.
Two fathers, two sons, one very cold quarry, and a weekend that turned nervous students into more confident divers.
Most divers memorize buoyancy rules. Everything changed for me when I finally understood the two invisible forces fighting over every diver underwater. A practical, human explanation of Archimedes’ Principle, breathing, BCD control, and why buoyancy finally clicked for me after years underwater.
This has been one heck of a week. I finished up a student’s Confined Water Dive #5, helped another diver shake the rust off during a scuba review, and even got to introduce a...
The Agency Myth: Why Your Scuba Certification Card Logo Matters Less Than the Person Teaching the Class Here’s the truth most people won’t say out loud: When it comes to dive training, the agency...
There’s something that happens to divers who really fall in love with it.You stop being just a diver and start becoming a caretaker of the underwater world. You notice who’s anxious on the boat.You...
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...
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...
If you are a certified scuba diver you should stop reading this right now and call your BEST FRIEND whom you’d like to make your new dive buddy….and ask them to read this with...
This weekend Dive With Frank finished off summer with a weekend chock full of diving! This also happened to be the weekend that the PADI Instructor Examination was going on, so I was able...
Last weekend (June 29-30th, 2019) by the numbers: 5 new PADI Open Water Divers 7 new PADI Advanced Open Water Divers 2 DMiTs (Divemasters in training) 4 fun divers 9 Open Water Dives 19 dinner...
It’s been a long, dark, chilly, winter and DWF is just itching to get back into the (local) water. With the local water temperatures hovering near the low 40s F, winter tends to be...
Join Dive With Frank and Columbia Scuba @ Juturna Springs this Halloween as we ring in the holiday with a weekend of spooky scuba experiences! We’ll be up there the evening of Friday, October...
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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