DWF Minted Some New AOW Divers This Weekend @ Juturna Springs
The summer of 2018 and my exploration of our new quarry, Juturna Springs continued this weekend DWF got to run his first PADI Advanced Open Water class there. I’ve the last month or so...
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DWF Expanded The Tribe At Juturna Springs This Weekend
This weekend DWF got to usher three new scuba divers into the tribe. We had a great weekend at Juturna Springs. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I’m really starting to like...
DWF Spent Memorial Day Weekend Making Scuba Memories
DWF (along with my awesome Divemaster Mary) spent this weekend welcoming three new PADI Open Water Scuba Divers into the fold! This was one of those weekends that reminds me exactly why I became...
The 2018 Scuba Season has started with a shiver
I have a confession to make. The 2018 Scuba season actually started a little while ago, but DWF has been fighting a case of the sniffles/allergies ever since he got back from The Bahamas. ...
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...
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 Made Some New Dive Buddies At Dutch Springs
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,...
DWF Got “Wrecked” At Dutch Springs
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 Welcomes 5 New OW Divers
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...
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 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...
Another weekend, Another OW Class Gets Their (Water) Wings
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...
DWF Celebrates Halloween By Killing A Few Zombies
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...
DWF Got Old(er) This Weekend
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...
Verify your instructor’s status with PADI Pro-Chek
Learn how to use PADI Pro Chek to verify whether a scuba instructor is current, renewed, and authorized to teach. A quick, easy way to confirm an instructor’s professional status before starting your scuba training.
