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Blackbird Resort/Blackbird Caye Resort: "“Excellent blend of accommodations, diving & package value", Mar, 2023, by David P. Shirley-PADI MI-37475, MN, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12402 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	The group of divers that my wife and I led had most travelers departing non-stop from Minneapolis to BZE on Sun Country, while two in our group departed MSP non-stop to BZE on Delta. Our split group was met at BZE for 20-minute van rides to Old Belize with ample time to eat lunch (and for a reasonable cost). Our entire group took the 3:00 p.m. Big Bird boat from Old Belize to BCR, a little over a two-hour ride. Due to Sun Country’s early scheduled return flight on our departure day, the larger group took an 8:00 a.m., 20-minute charter flight on a Maya Island Air prop-plane to BZE. The Maya Air charter was a fun diversion and smoother (drier) than the windy two hour crossing to BCR. Although weather is always an unknown, other same-week travelers that were not with our group opted to take a Maya Air charter flight from Blackbird Caye to BZE, as the seas were still rather rough for portions of the boat trip. With over 25 years of personal experience leading groups of divers, including prior trips to Belize’s Turneffe Atoll, this first trip to the Blackbird Caye Resort (BCR) was a positive adventure on all fronts and BCR should ... 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	Fifty-two years of diving (35 years as an instructor) with numerous Caribbean, Pacific, Atlantic, Indonesia, etc. destinations; along with extensive fresh-water (including Ice Diving).
Closest Airport	BZE	Getting There	Easy access with most of our group flying non-stop from Minneapolis to BZE on Sun Country, while two in our group departed MSP non-stop to BZE on Delta. Met at BZE for 20-minute van rides to Old Belize with ample time to eat lunch with the full group taking the 3:00 p.m. Big Bird just over two-hour boat ride from Old Belize to BCR. An early Sun Country scheduled return flight had most of the group taking an 8:00 a.m., 20-minute charter flight on a Maya Island Air prop-plane to BZE.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Typically 80' max and one hour. Blue Hole dives required AOW and pre-trip orientation deep dive both with use of air.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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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	The boats had large tubs for cameras with separate tubs for masks. Guests had no camera stations so charging, etc. needed to be conducted in i ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Blackbird Resort/Blackbird Caye Resort in Belize/Turneffe Atoll-Blackbird Caye

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Dive Review of Blackbird Resort/Blackbird Caye Resort in
Belize/Turneffe Atoll-Blackbird Caye