Sting Ray Motel
One of the sites along the Blackbird Caye coast where the reef flat is a sandy slope or has sand chutes leading to the wall: a good place to spot southern stingrays, tilefish and garden eels; fantail blennies poke out of their burrows on the sand. At the end of the dive squid and horse-eye jacks often appear in the shallows.
Facts
- Region: Turneffe Atoll - Belize
- Area: Blackbird Caye coast & The Wit
- Depth: 12–25 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, wall
- Coordinates: 17.3, -87.785 (approximate)
- Highlights: southern stingrays, garden eels, tilefish, fantail blennies, squid
- Permit: Access to the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve needs an entry ticket from TASA: day or week tickets (Standard Environmental Fee or a higher Conservation Contribution; check current amounts on visitturneffe.org). The Wit also needs the separate statutory fee of US$10. Resort guests and day-trip clients pay via their resort or operator (Ambergris Divers lists a US$10 park fee on its Turneffe day trip).
- Issuer / contact: Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association (TASA)
- Phone: +501 677 8272
- Email: adventure@visitturneffe.org
- Website: https://visitturneffe.org/book-entry-tickets/
- Phone from the TASA contact page; the e-mail address is obfuscated on the page. Entry tickets can be bought online; resort guests and operator clients pay through the resort/operator.
- Unverified: Position and depth are estimated; the source describes the site only in general terms.
- Tips: Position estimated off Blackbird Caye (no published coordinates), for orientation only. Reserve entry ticket needed (see permit note).