Wake up to the beautiful sunrise while overlooking the ocean. Enjoy breakfast and educational programming that will focus on research objectives and data collection. After an optional snorkel and lunch, it's time to board the pangas (small motorboats) for your first exploration of the bay and chance to collect data in the field.

 Morning into the early afternoon enjoy exploring the bay on either a ‘Toothy Boat’ (shark identification) or ‘Filter Boat’ (whale shark boat). Each day, guests will be assigned a research project to focus on. Once aboard the corresponding panga, guests will explore and learn about the marine inhabitants of Bahía de los Ángeles, alongside marine biologists from OdySea Aquarium, The Sulikowski Big Fish Lab and Vermilion Sea Institute.

Once back at the field station and after a tasty meal, guests will help upload the data they collected in the field. Free time activities include but are not limited to paddle boarding, snorkeling, hiking or enjoying the town.

Important Note: While whale sharks have typically visited the waters off Bahía de los Ángeles each summer, we can not predict that the sharks will be present during this program. Because of the unpredictable nature of wildlife in their natural habitat, there is no guarantee that participants will see or swim with any sharks.

Depart Bahía de los Ángeles at around 6 a.m. for El Centro, arriving approx. 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. (please do NOT schedule returning flights on Day 6 as arrival time cannot be guaranteed).