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Blackbird Resort: "Blackbird Resort Turneffe Atoll Belize", May, 2025, by NEAL LANGERMAN, CA, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 20 Helpful votes). Report 13380.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Blackbird is in the central portion of Turneffe Atoll, off the coast of Belize City. The isolated resort offers both SCUBA and snorkel diving and provides full meals and services. The staff is gracious, friendly, and well supervised. The overall experience is excellent. SCUBA Turneffe Reef is central to the Mesoamerican Reef. The underwater environment is among the best in the Northern Hemisphere. Caribbean tropical fish and corals abound, and the topography offers steep walls, grass-covered flats, and sandy expanses. Sharks, turtles, rays, and large groupers are common visitors on most dives. Blackbird has several dozen sites within a few minutes boat ride of their pier. The sites vary from walls to sandy flats. Guided groups of no more than 8 divers spend 45 – 60 minutes underwater. The guides generally allow divers to do their own thing with few restrictions. Divers are asked to alert the guide at 700 psi (50 bar) and return to the boat after a standard safety stop with 300-500 psi (35 bar). Divers are expected to be responsible for their air and depth management and to dive safely. The guides are alert and quickly respond to potential issues. While getting into the water is an easy giant stride from the boat, the adopted system of a crew member putting fins on your feet as you stand at the entry is cumbersome. The design of their four boats forces this method. It could be improved with grab points higher on the boat structures. I found that the ladders for getting out of the water were difficult with my tank on. There was no high point which allowed the use of upper body strength. The diameter of the poles on the “Hot Dive” (their big boat) at the ladders were too large to securely ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Blackbird Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All of continental USA; Caribbean, Gulf, Sea of Cortez, Eastern & Western Pacific & more
Closest Airport	Belize City, BZE	Getting There	Frequent connections from Miami, Dallas, Houston, and major European airports
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	28-28°C / 82-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Guides provided very loose depth limits and llowed divers to dive their own profiles, within the overall time limits.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	As stated above, the on-boat facilities were minimal. The dive team did its best to carefully handle cameras. There was not a dedicated camera room, but the ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Blackbird Resort in Belize

Blackbird Resort: "Blackbird Resort Turneffe Atoll Belize", May, 2025,

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Dive Review of Blackbird Resort in
Belize