🌊 Ts & Seas

Respect the reef. Respect the site. 🐚

Welcome to Dive With Frank! This page lays out the ground rules for using our website. Nothing sneaky. Nothing weird. Just a few clear expectations so everyone knows where they stand.

This website is operated by Dive With Frank, LLC (DWF), an independent scuba instruction and dive travel business serving divers throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC, and beyond.

These Terms & Conditions apply to your use of the Dive With Frank website. Classes, experiences, and organized dive trips may have additional agreements and requirements, which are explained separately.

📜 The Basics

By accessing or using this website, you agree to comply with these website Terms & Conditions and applicable laws.

If you don’t agree with these terms, please discontinue using the website.

Browsing the website does not, by itself, enroll you in a course, reserve a trip, or establish a scuba training or travel services agreement.

Those arrangements are governed by the applicable registration, booking, participation, and training documents.

☠️ Information, Diving & Liability

We work hard to provide accurate, useful, and practical information about scuba diving, training, equipment, conservation, and dive travel.

However, information published on this website is provided for general educational and informational purposes. It is not a substitute for supervised training, professional medical advice, appropriate certification, or sound diving judgment.

Scuba diving involves inherent risks. Reading an article, watching a video, or following a suggestion from this website does not qualify someone to perform a dive, use specialized equipment, or undertake an activity beyond their training and experience.

Conditions, training standards, equipment recommendations, and local requirements may change. Divers are responsible for evaluating current conditions and following applicable professional guidance and safety procedures.

While DWF makes reasonable efforts to maintain accurate website information, we cannot guarantee that every article, description, or external resource will always be complete, current, or error-free.

Nothing in these website terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or replaces a separately executed participation agreement or liability release.

📚 Copyright & Content

We put real time and effort into the content we create. Please respect that work.

Unless otherwise noted, original text, photographs, graphics, designs, logos, course materials, and other original content created by DWF are owned by Dive With Frank, LLC or used with appropriate permission.
Third-party trademarks, photographs, videos, training materials, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.
You’re welcome to link to our public pages and share links to our articles through social media, email, or other appropriate channels.
Reproducing substantial portions of our original content, republishing our photographs, or using our branding commercially requires prior permission unless otherwise authorized by law.
Nothing here restricts lawful uses permitted under applicable copyright law, including fair use.

Want to share something we’ve created? Just ask Frank. We’re generally happy to discuss appropriate reuse.

👤 User Accounts & Website Access

You don’t need a customer account to browse the Dive With Frank website.

Some registration, payment, course, or travel services may be handled through independent platforms such as WeTravel or PADI. Those providers may require their own accounts and have separate terms and privacy practices.

We ask visitors to use this website responsibly. In particular, please don’t:

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its administrative systems, or other users’ information.
Interfere with the operation, availability, or security of the website.
Submit malicious code, fraudulent information, or abusive communications through website forms.
Use automated tools to overload, disrupt, or improperly extract protected website content or information.
Impersonate DWF, its instructors, or another person or organization.

We may use reasonable technical and security measures to protect the website and its visitors.

💵 Purchases, Classes & Refunds

Booking scuba training, registering for an experience, or joining an organized dive trip creates responsibilities that go beyond simply browsing this website.

Those transactions are governed by the specific booking details, applicable registration documents, and the following DWF policies:

Cancellation & Refund Policy – Deposits, payment deadlines, cancellations, credits, refunds, and rescheduling.
Trip Participation Policy – Eligibility, certifications, safety expectations, travel responsibilities, and conduct.
Dive With Frank Trip Waiver – Risk acknowledgments and liability provisions for covered trip activities.

Trip-specific terms: Resorts, charter operators, liveaboards, and other suppliers may establish their own requirements, cancellation schedules, or payment conditions. When disclosed before booking, applicable trip-specific terms take precedence over corresponding provisions of DWF’s general policies.

These website Terms & Conditions do not supersede the specific terms of a confirmed booking, signed participation agreement, training document, or applicable supplier contract.

🔗 External Links & Third-Party Services

Our website contains links to dive organizations, equipment manufacturers, charter operators, resorts, payment processors, insurance providers, educational resources, and other independent businesses.

We provide these links because they may be helpful to our visitors. However, DWF does not control the content, availability, policies, or operations of independently managed websites.

When you leave our site, the destination website’s own terms, privacy practices, and security measures may apply.

A link or reference to another business does not automatically mean DWF owns, operates, guarantees, or endorses every product or service offered by that business.

🤝 Affiliates, Referrals & Recommendations

From time to time, DWF may recommend products, services, training resources, travel providers, or insurance options that we believe may be useful to divers.

Some links on this website may be affiliate or referral links. If you purchase or enroll through one of these links, DWF may receive a commission or other referral compensation, potentially at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate relationships do not change the terms of the third-party product or service. Any resulting purchase or insurance contract is governed by the applicable provider’s terms.

We encourage visitors to review product specifications, insurance coverage, exclusions, and provider policies carefully before making decisions.

🔒 Privacy & Personal Information

We respect your privacy and believe you should understand how information is collected and used when you interact with DWF.

Information submitted through contact forms, registration platforms, email communications, or other services may be processed by DWF and the third-party providers involved in delivering those services.

Our website may also use cookies, analytics tools, and other technologies to help us understand website usage, maintain security, and improve the visitor experience.

For details about personal information, cookies, and third-party services, please review our Privacy Policy.

🛠️ Website Availability & Updates

We do our best to keep the Dive With Frank website available, accurate, and useful. Occasionally, maintenance, technical issues, security incidents, or service-provider interruptions may affect availability.

We may update, correct, reorganize, or remove website content as needed. Course descriptions, trip availability, schedules, and other published information may also change.

Publishing information on the website does not guarantee that a particular course date, trip, product, or service will remain available.

When you make a booking, the applicable confirmed booking details and disclosed terms govern that transaction.

⚖️ Legal Waters

Governing Law: These website Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, USA, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Severability: If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
Policy Updates: DWF may revise these website terms from time to time. Updates will be reflected on this page and generally apply to subsequent website use.
Existing Agreements: Changes to these website terms do not automatically or retroactively modify separately accepted booking contracts, payment obligations, signed waivers, or other established agreements.
Other Legal Rights: Nothing in these terms limits rights or protections that cannot legally be waived.