Advanced Open Water is not a magic card that suddenly makes you an expert diver. It is where you start building experience, adding task loading, sharpening your skills, and taking real ownership of what happens underwater. Here is why I think of AOW as “Open Water Plus,” and why that is a very good thing.
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...
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...
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....
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...
DiveWithFrank had another awesome weekend of summer diving. Hyde’s Quarry has really warmed up. Surface temperatures were 76 degrees, while the temperature at 25 feet was still a balmy 53 degrees. Congratulation to Columbia...
Who ordered a weekend with clear water, a couple of PADI Open Water Certifications, and a side of Peak Performance Buoyancy? Great job everybody!
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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