Section 2: Next Steps (Not Yet Updated For 2023)

By July 1: Finish paperwork and submit to JOEL.

• Complete the paperwork detailed in Section 1.
• Take 5 minutes to complete this form and provide information about yourself that we will use to introduce you to the students after you’ve arrived in Bahia.

NO Earlier than July 10th: Apply for a Visa online

• Obtain your Mexican Travel Visa prior to your departure. The visa is free unless you plan to extend your trip and stay for more than 7 days. The Mexican government states that this cannot be obtained MORE than 30 days before you depart, or it becomes invalid. Email your visa to Nalleli (narriaga@oceandi.org) or text her at (619-241-5709).

Before your departure date: Read and/or watch all trainings:

• Watch:  Growth Mindset Training Video
• Watch:  Mentor training Video
• Watch: Volunteer Orientation 1 
• Read Ocean Leader Intro To Research Syllabus
• Watch:  Volunteer Orientation 2
• Read: Student Bios & Photos – get familiar with this year’s student cohort

Before your departure date: Prepare for travel!

• If you have been told you are driving an Ocean Discovery vehicle, please email or text a copy of your driver’s license to Nalleli (narriaga@oceandi.org) / 619-241-5709.
• Remember to bring a lunch and for the ride down as we do not stop to buy lunch.
• Pack for your trip using the Intro To Research Packing List .
• If you are driving your own vehicle or have indicated you are comfortable driving an Ocean Discovery vehicle, read the Driving In Mexico Guide And Directions Via Mex 5 2022.If you are driving your own vehicle and not joining an Ocean Discovery caravan, please print this document to have with you during travel.

within 24 hours of your departure: covid test

• Take an at-home/antigen COVID test and text a photo of your results to Nalleli at 619-241-5709 within 24 hours of departure.
• You may also submit a lab-administered PCR test result that was obtained within 72 hours of departure.

Morning of departure

• Don’t leave home if you haven’t yet sent proof of a negative Covid test! 🙂
• You will meet _____ (Phone) at the Living Lab at 7:00am
  • 4255 Thorn St.
  • Note that only street parking is available. You may wish to be dropped off or take Uber/Lyft.
• ____ will lead a pre-trip safety orientation:
  • Review of travel safety equipment
  • Review of driving directions and protocol for driving in Mexico
• Important that all travelers arrive on time so vehicles can leave by 8am and arrive in Bahia by 5pm.
• This section is still in progress. More details will be added for travelers in Ocean Discovery vehicles, personal vehicles, and in caravans/traveling separately.