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...
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. ...
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 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....
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,...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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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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