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Dive Review of Blackbird Resort in
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Blackbird Resort: "Great Dive Resort!", Jun, 2024,

by KENNETH LABARBERA, CA, US (Reviewer Reviewer 3 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 13007 has 2 Helpful votes.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling N/A

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Beginners 4 stars
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Comments In over 60 years of diving, I have been to Belize on two occasions. This recent trip was my third and by far the best. I booked a week of “all inclusive” diving for my grandson and myself at the Blackbird Caye Resort. They concentrate only on scuba diving, which is what I was looking for due to my grandson’s newness to diving. The booking-flights-resort time was a breeze going through Shanon at Maduro Travel. There was not one problem that was not either anticipated or actual that she did not address or fix.

We were greeted at the airport by a Blackbird transfer service and taken to a local resort to have lunch, relax and wait for the afternoon boat. The boat leaves once a day around 3pm from the Belize City Harbor, walking distance from the local day resort. The Blackbird Caye resort is a 2-hour bone & back jarring ride from the Belize City Harbor. The vessel is one of the dive boats, s ... Subscribe to get the full story. For Subscribers Only  Active subscribers continue reading here
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Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Calif. coast, Hawaii, Fiji, Soloman
Islands, BWI, Bahamas, Turk/Caicos, Cocos Islands, Truk Lagoon, Guam, Mex. Revillagigedo/Socorro Islands, Sea of Cortez, St. Kitts, Belize, Aruba, Florida Keys, Cancun, Cozumel, Bora Bora, Tahati
Closest Airport Belize City Getting There Orlando to Miami to Belize City

Dive Conditions
Weather sunny, windy Seas choppy
Water Temp 86-86°F / 30-30°C Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility 75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M

Dive Policy
Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions No Lionfish Hunting, No Wreck Penetration, Max diving 130'
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw
Sharks Lots Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Corals 4 stars Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

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Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
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