The Thrill Of

Diving!

It's difficult to explain the Thrill of Scuba Diving or the comfortable, peaceful feeling a diver experiences when in a weightless state underwater. As you glide slowly over the tropical reef watching the ballet of thousands of beautifully colored marine creatures, you're immersed in a spirit of inner space that is nearly overwhelming and beckons you to stay.

The water is warm and clear as you search for that "perfect shot" with your underwater camera. Then you realize you've moved to the edge of the reef...to the wall, where the bottom drops thousands of feet into wonderful blue infinity. Your first emotion screams, "I'm Fal__... I'm Fal__... I'm   Flying" through this magnificent liquid universe!

Then sometimes you get so comfortable that, just for a couple of seconds, you no longer feel that you're underwater at all. It's then when you realize, it seems you could reach out and touch the face of God! 

Barry Burton, 1980

A "BARRY NOTE"

Folks, Thanks to You we've had a very busy Diving Season.

We should have another 2-3 weeks of warm weather. Gray Quarry

water temps are still 77 degrees Surface-to-Bottom, but ambient

temperatures will start to get Cold. We do have the Heated Bus to

change clothes in . . . BUT, If you want to finish your Diving

Certifications locally before Cold Weather sets-in You Need To

Get Yourself In-Gear, Get Your Open Water Dives Scheduled. 

Here's Why!

SMD has about 130 Diving Students in Training Cycle.

How Bad Do You want to Certify This Year?

We've Got 4 Instructors ready to dive most any day, and

There are 7 Days a Week in Our Schedule for the Next 3 Weeks.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD SCHEDULE TO FINISH YOUR

SCUBA DIVING CERTIFICATION BEFORE IT GETS COLD. 

Otherwise, Florida Weekend Certification Trips Run Nov.-May!

Florida Manatee Dive Trip - December - 13 Deposits Received.

CALL (423) 239-7333. 7-DAYS-A-WEEK!

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We Are the Only Full Service

PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center

in East Tennessee.

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    Welcome to Smoky Mtn. Divers

  Tri-Cities' #1 Recreational & Technical Dive Facility

 Come See Us, We're Here and Ready to Serve YOU!

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PADI 5-Star Training Center S-3139

  and

PADI 5-Star IDC

Shop Address:

 6635 Kingsport Highway
      

Gray, TN 37615

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(423) 239-7333

3 miles from the Gray Exit #13 on I-26

5 minutes from "THE" Gray Quarry!

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  Fall Hours

Monday-Friday      9:00AM to 6:00PM

Saturday                     8:00AM to 5:00PM

Sunday                  9:00AM to 4:00PM

. . . Others By Appointment (423) 239-7333

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DVCEMVS

"We Lead"

  Dive San Salvador, Bahamas

Riding Rock Inn

March/April 2019

For More Info See Our "International Trips" Page.

Please Call (423) 239-7333 For Reservations.

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THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITES

  Kingsport Aquatic Center - Wednesday,10/17

Meet SMD Staff for Pool Sessions 1-5 @ Shop by 5:30PM.

PADI "BUBBLE MAKER" For Lane . . . TONIGHT.

Brian Chandler, Chelsea Ottinger, Jimmy Bennett.

Night Dive - Friday, 10/19

Meet Brian Chandler @ SMD by 6:00PM.

Everyone Is Welcome

Diveshop Before 6:00, Gray Quarry 7:00.

C/W & Open Water Dives - Saturday, 10/20

Meet SMD Staff for Gray Quarry Dives @ the Dive Shop.

Jimmy Bennett, Tony Simpson, Brian Chandler,

Wayne Godbery, Chelsea Ottinger, Alex Merritt.

9:00AM

Confined Water: Justin Kiser, Amanda Kiser

Open Water: James Reed

12:00 Noon

 Open Water Dives - Sunday, 10/21

Meet SMD Staff for Gray Quarry Dives @ the Dive Shop.

Jimmy Bennett

9:00AM

Open Water: Justin Kiser, Amanda Kiser, James Reed,

Trey Cook, Alan Bracken

2:00PM

Tony Simpson

Advanced Open Water: Tim Cox, Gina Robinson

   ETSU Special Academics - Tuesday,10/23

Meet SMD Staff Upstairs, CAP for Class @ 7:00PM.

Brian Chandler, Tony Simpson, Jimmy Bennett,

Chelsea Ottinger, Marilyn and Barry.

For More Info See Our "Local Trips & Activities" Page.

Please Call (423) 239-7333 For Reservations.

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Freedom Isn't Free!

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PADI NITROX Diver Specialty

This puts your PADI Nitrox C-Card in your pocket!

Why Dive Air?  Nitrox is Safer!   It's All About . . . Time!

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  We Are Building Our Weekly

Dive Schedules For Gray Quarry.

  Call for Reservations (423) 239-7333.

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 Dive Bonaire

      January 6-13, 2019

(Sunday-to-Sunday)

Buddy Dive Resort

Marilyn & Barry are Going Back to Bonaire.

"You don't go some place 42 times if it's not GREAT!"

  Why Not Join Us?

3 Cost Options for Divers & Non Divers

 We've Received 14 Deposits.

 For More Info see our "International Trips" Page.

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  Everyday Sales

Shop @ SMD for Huge Savings!

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  "FUN" Atomic Products

Atomic SS1 Inflator/Regulators are Stocked in 7 Colors.

Add a Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Purple, Aqua or Black SS1 to the

BCD. The Atomic SS1 includes an adapter to fit about any BCD.

"Spiff-Up" Your Gear to Your Color Preference with ATOMIC.

The Atomic Cobalt-2 Computer is In-Stock @ SMD.  The

Cobalt-2 is available in 7 Colors for 2018 for Your Approval.

Personalize Your Scuba Gear in 2018, and

Dive Gray Quarry.  You Can See the Difference!

  SMD Sells Products

Distributed By:

Sherwood, Atomic, Akona, Liquivision,

Bare, Stahlsac, Suunto, Oceanic,

Mares, Cressi Sub, Hollis, Genesis, Zeagle,

Ocean Reef, Dive Rite, Henderson, XDeep,

Cressi's "Atelier" Line & Shearwater Computers.

We "Stock" Great Scuba Diving Equipment!

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We Sell @ M.A.P. Pricing!

Shipping is Free to the Parking Lot.

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  SMD Gift Certificates;

The Perfect Gift Anytime . . .

Good for Any Amount, Use Like Cash,

  Valid Forever . . .

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  Diving Stuff You'll Want to Know

Buy Your 2018 Gray Quarry Family Season Pass for $300.

That's Right! The Pass is for All Divers under the same roof.

Be The First "Kid" in Your Neighborhood to Own a 2018

Gray Quarry Family Season Pass and Enjoy

"The Best Scuba Diving in East Tennessee".

Receive a Numbered Medallion for Each Certified Diver in

Your Family. These Come With Each 2018 Annual Pass.

Proudly Wear it on Your BCD to Show Your Support of

"The" Gray Quarry!

Join SMD and Experience

the Best Quarry Diving in East Tennessee.

Let's Go Divin' . . . Yan'to?

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  Did You Know

Johnson City Medical Center has a HBO Chamber?

The Hyperbaric O2 Therapy Chamber can be used for DCI

Injuries, as well as burns and wound therapy.

JC Medical Center Information;

Call (423) 431-2665  (Barry)

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We Stock the "Dive Alert"

Nautilus Lifeline Marine Rescue GPS

Dive "Supersafe" with D.A.N. Insurance,

& the "Nautilus Lifeline Marine Rescue GPS"

Come by and See It, Touch It.  Heck,  Lick It, If You Want Too!

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  Come Home To Diving . . .

Visit Smoky Mountain Divers

 "It Feels Like Being at Home."

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  SMD Tank-Fill Shuttle Service

@ Gray Quarry

Low on Air/Nitrox?

Call us @ (423) 239-7333,

We'll pick-up, fill & return your

 tanks.  Air $8 & EAN32 $12.

Turn-around time approx 45mins

(We need 4 or more fills to make the trip.)

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We Bank EAN32 as a Service To You!

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Scuba Instructor Personal Air Fills

are FREE @ SMD!

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"SMD Convenience",  Just One More Reason to

Buy a GRAY QUARRY Family Season Pass!

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  "Dive Safety". . . Is No Accident!

Scheduling with our Full Service Scuba Shop

Is A Breeze!

Just Drop-in, or Call SMD @ (423) 239-7333

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  Remember . . .

You Can't Get a Better "Scuba Gear" Price on the "Web".

SMD Prices are Based on "M.A.P." (That's "Web Pricing" Ya'll).

Hey! When You're @ Smoky Mtn. Divers . . . Shipping Is FREE!

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  Gray Quarry Tee Shirts In-stock

Long Sleeve & Short Sleeve Available

Now in 10 Colors

A Great Gift Available in 3 Designs.

"Dive the Cessna" Tees & Hoodies In-Stock.

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****Fall Is Here!** *

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  2018 "We'll Do This All Year"

  FREE AIR FILLS for Gray Quarry Clean-Up.

Smoky Mountain Divers offers A FREE AIR REFILL

  for volunteers working as "Clean-up Crew" at Gray Quarry!

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Use SMD's "Buddy Board"

Going Diving @ Gray Quarry and want to have some local folks

join you?   Give us a call @ SMD (423) 239-7333. We'll Post

Your Dive on the "SMD Buddy Board", Facebook, & Webpage.

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  For the Best Scuba Prices in the Tri-Cities

Shop @ SMD . . .

  Remember, At Smoky Mountain Divers

There's Even More To A Good Deal, Than Price!

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Smoky Mountain Divers

It's More Than a Dive Shop . . .

It's an Attitude!

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PADI

Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Registration, Orientation, & Open Water Dives

  Begin Every Day @ SMD!

More Info on Our "Upcoming Classes" Page.

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  Open Water Dives

What Are Your Scheduling Needs?

  "Come Work On Your Open Water Certification

or Your Specialty Dives."

Join Barry for an Open Water Dive Toward the Diving Specialty

That's Holding-up Progress Toward Your Master Diver Rating!

For Reservations;

Call (423) 239-7333, E-mail or Drop By SMD

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   Great News for Area Divers!
 

 Smoky Mountain Divers

Has been asked to Facilitate the Use of

Gray Quarry for the Diving Public.

We have set-up a very simple process;

1.  Come to Smoky Mtn. Divers for a Waiver/Release.

2.  Pick-up the Combination to the Gate.

3.  Pay the "Diver's Entry Fee" of $15 a Day/Night.

4.  Go Diving . . . "That's What We're Talkin' About!"

We Have 2 Season Pass Options for 2018

1.  Our Family Season Passes are "Immediate Family same roof."

2.  Our Gray Quarry Monthly Family Pass Cost $75 and Is Valid

     From the 1st Day thru the Last Day of the Month Purchased.

3.  The Annual Season Pass runs for the 2018 Calendar Year.

4.  The Annual Family Pass is Only $300.  

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ANNOUNCING!

Smoky Mtn. Divers'  "BOUNTY HUNTER" Program

SMD's Bounty Hunter is an Appreciation Award Program

established to Recognize Certified Divers Who Bring "New Blood" to the

Diving Community.  Here's How You Become an SMD "Bounty Hunter";

When a New Student of Any Level Signs-up for SMD Certification and

Gives Us Your Name, Your Referrence Will Be Noted on that Student's

Training Record File.  The Day They Certify, You Get a FREE SMD

Bounty Hunters Tee Shirt Showing Your Commitment to Diving Safety.

HAVE SCUBA  . . . WILL DIVE !

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Happy Birthday "Wet Head"!

Pick-up a Free Gift Certificate for an Air Fill &

Gray Quarry Entry-Fee On Your Birthday.  Offer is Good

on Your Birthday Only . . . BUT Your Gift Certificate is

GOOD ANYTIME YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT!

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Gray Quarry

Sunday, October 14th

Water Temp: 77 Surface, 77 Bottom.

& a Nice Bus to Change into Dry Clothes.

  Visibility 35'+ or . . . as far as you can see!

THANK YOU!

  To the Folks who work so hard to make Gray Quarry available.

For More Information See Gray Quarry on Facebook

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 What's Your Goal in Diving?

Open Water * Advanced * Specialty * Tek Diver     

Most all International Certification Programs Require Open Water Dives.

To Schedule & Complete Your Qualification Dives, Call (423)239-7333.

Master Diver * Divemaster * DCS * Instructor

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  Attention:

Master Diver Students

 Altitude, Wreck, Deep, Navigation, Nitrox40,

Advanced EANx & Decompression Procedures,

or Night/Limited Visibility Dives. Your Choice!

What's on Your Mind?    Let's Go Diving!

Call Barry @  SMD (423) 239-7333

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Thank You
 

for Choosing Smoky Mountain Divers.  We are a

PADI 5 Star Recreational & Technical Dive Training Center,

and the Finest Dive Facility in the Tri-Cities area.

We're PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Dive Center.

We invite You to Visit Smoky Mtn. Divers.

Let's Talk Diving . . . Heck,  Let's Go Divin'!

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Smoky Mountain Divers

   The Professionals

Experience the Difference between a Profession, and a Hobby

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PADI Scuba Certification Courses,

We Start Those Every Day!

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At Smoky Mountain Divers

We Don't Care Who You Certified With, or Where You Fill YourTanks!

It's just Scuba Diving!   Check With Your Dive Buddy . . . Chances Are

They're Carrying at Least One Certification Card From SMD Anyway.

Life's Too Short To Miss A Good Scuba Dive!

This is for FUN Y'all!

Let's Go Divin' . . . Yan'to?

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  Smoky Mountain Divers

Often Immitated! . . . Never Duplicated!

Kingsport Aquatic Center

PADI Open Water Scuba Class

   We'll See You @ KAC!

 Tonight

Call SMD to Confirm Attendance (423)239-7333

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*** Fall Is Here! ***

Keep Your Dive Gear in Good Working Order . . .

It Could Be a Matter of Life or Death!

We Service Sherwood, Oceanic, Atomic, Cressi,

Zeagle, Mares, and Hollis Valves, Regulators & BCDs.

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Everyone has a Choice...

CHARACTER COUNTS!

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Shop at SMD

for the Best Prices & Service

in the Tri-Cities

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  Thank You!

for Supporting Smoky Mountain Divers

a Local, Family-Owned Business.

Our Customers are a Wonderful Blessing.

Marilyn & Barry Burton

Let's Go Divin'. . . Yan'to?