Outdoor pool season is winding down. Dive season isn’t.
As summer wraps up, Dive With Frank simply changes gears. The heated indoor pool keeps training moving, classroom courses run all year, and there is still plenty of time to get into open water before winter really settles in.
This page shows the scuba classes Dive With Frank is actively teaching right now. Some have published dates. Most are scheduled around you.
Fall and winter training is here.
Still want to get outside? Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver can continue into the fall as long as weather, water, and site conditions cooperate.
And colder water does not mean we stop diving. Quite the opposite. Dry Suit Diver becomes one of my favorite courses to teach as the temperatures drop. If you want to learn how to stay warm and extend your own dive season, this is the time to do it.
Prefer to stay warm? Enriched Air Nitrox, Equipment Specialist, DAN first aid courses, and other classroom-based training keep going right through fall and winter.
And yes, the zombies are coming. The Original PADI Zombie Apocalypse Diver returns in late October. Because apparently learning useful scuba skills while trying to save humanity is how we celebrate Halloween around here.
Most dive shops run fixed schedules. Dive With Frank usually doesn’t.
Most classes here are scheduled on request and built around your availability. If you do not see a class date listed, that usually does not mean the class is unavailable. It usually means nobody has asked me to put it on the calendar yet.
You tell me what course you want. We figure out dates that work for you. Then that becomes your class.
The Dive With Frank model is small, personal, and flexible. No cattle-car classes. No giant groups full of strangers. No forcing your life into somebody else’s schedule.
Some courses do run on published schedules. Others are taught privately or on request. In general, Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver are the courses most likely to have pre-scheduled dates. Most other training, including Open Water, Discover Scuba, Scuba Review, and nearly all PADI specialty courses, is usually scheduled by request.
Want to see when I am available? Check the Dive With Frank calendar. Remember, the calendar shows availability, not every class that can be taught.
Brand new to diving and not sure where to start? New To Scuba breaks it down step by step.
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PADI Core Courses
PADI Open Water Diver
Learn to scuba dive through small classes, personalized instruction, and a heated indoor pool. No rushing. No giant groups. Just a clear path to becoming a comfortable, confident diver.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Build confidence, expand depth limits, and sharpen real-world dive skills. Includes navigation, deep diving, and adventure dives tailored to your goals.
Schedule: Spring through fall, conditions permitting. Scheduled by request.
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PADI Rescue Diver
One of the most rewarding courses in diving. Learn to recognize problems early, manage stress, and respond effectively to dive emergencies.
Schedule: Spring through fall, conditions permitting. Scheduled by request.
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Skill Refreshers & Experiences
Discover Scuba Diving
Not certified yet? Try scuba in a pool with a professional instructor. Perfect for first-timers or anyone curious about what it feels like to breathe underwater.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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Scuba Review
Haven’t been diving in a while? This instructor-led pool session rebuilds comfort, confidence, and core skills. No pressure. No judgment. Just some time underwater getting everything working again.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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PADI Specialty Courses
Specialty courses are where you start choosing what kind of diver you want to become. Some improve the skills you use on nearly every dive. Others open up new environments, new equipment, and entirely new ways to get underwater. You can see the full list of PADI specialties taught by Dive With Frank here.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
The single most effective way to improve your diving. Refine trim, breathing, weighting, and body position so you move more efficiently and deliberately underwater.
Schedule: By request, based on open-water conditions
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Enriched Air Nitrox Diver
Extend bottom times and shorten surface intervals. Nitrox is one of the most useful specialties you can add, especially for travel, repetitive diving, charters, and liveaboards.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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PADI Self-Reliant Diver
Advanced specialty focused on planning margin, equipment redundancy, and calm decision-making. Designed for experienced divers who want greater independence and confidence underwater.
Schedule: Private instruction, scheduled on request and based on open-water conditions
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PADI Dry Suit Diver
Because shivering is overrated. Learn proper dry suit use, buoyancy control, emergency procedures, and how to stay comfortable when the water gets cold.
This is not a course that disappears when summer ends. Fall and winter are some of the best times to learn, especially if you want to stop treating cold water as the end of your dive season.
Schedule: Actively taught fall and winter, and available by request at other times when conditions allow
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PADI Equipment Specialist
Understand how your gear works, how to care for it, and how to spot small problems before they become dive-ending issues. Bring your own equipment and get to know the stuff that keeps you alive underwater.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation
Learn how reefs function, why they matter, what threatens them, and how divers can help protect them through informed action.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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PADI Zombie Apocalypse Diver
The original PADI Zombie Apocalypse Diver specialty. A scenario-driven course that uses a fictional outbreak to build real scuba skills, problem-solving, teamwork, and perhaps humanity’s last remaining chance for survival.
2026 Session: Late October
Schedule: Halloween season and by request
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DAN Safety & First Aid Courses
Not every useful dive skill happens underwater. DAN courses focus on emergency response skills divers and non-divers can use when something goes wrong and somebody needs help.
DAN Basic Life Support: CPR & First Aid
Learn CPR, AED use, bleeding control, patient assessment, and practical emergency response skills. DAN eLearning is paired with hands-on instructor-led practice.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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DAN Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries
Learn how to recognize suspected dive injuries and properly administer emergency oxygen. This is hands-on training using real oxygen delivery equipment and the skills you may someday need when a dive does not go according to plan.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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DAN Diving First Aid (DFA)
The most comprehensive first aid course in diving. Includes BLS, emergency oxygen, neurological assessment, and hazardous marine life injury management.
Schedule: Year-round, by request
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Have Something Else in Mind?
This is not every course I teach. If you are looking for a specialty, want to work on a particular skill, or have a small group that wants to train together, take a look at the full specialty list or just ask.
You do not need to wait for me to announce your class. If you see something you want to do, tell me. We will look at the calendar, figure out what works, and make it happen.
