Mike Murphy (Großbritannien)

Mike was born on the Isle of Wight, England, and raised in Southampton, his home, just a stone’s throw from the once proud and largest passenger ship terminal in the world. His father, 47 years at sea, did little to discourage Mike’s dream, of sailing and exploring the four corners of the globe, and he was destined to spend the next 30 years at sea, both sailing its surface and exploring the depths below.

His travels have taken him to most countries around the world, he has dived in almost every sea, and worked as expeditionary staff on such ships as the Lindblad Explorer, World Discoverer, M.V. Yao Hua, (China’s flag ship) and cruise directed on both small and large luxury cruise liners. In between, Mikes recreational hobby for scuba diving, unintentionally led him to a career as a deep-sea commercial diver, working in the murky seas off Bombay, to the storm ravaged channels of the North Sea. After ten adventurous, but stressful years, he left to captain his own 60’ charter boat along the inland waters of British Columbia. Five years later, Mike returned to expedition and regular cruising and cruise directed, such mega yachts as ’Sea Goddess’ and ’Renaissance’, sailing the icy, spectacular waters of Alaska and Antarctica, to the emerald seas of the South Pacific and beyond. In between cruising, Mike sailed extensively the east coast of the USA in his own vessel, and has traversed the Indian Ocean, from north to south. He continues his sport diving, together with all members of his family, and is continually in search of new challenging dive areas worldwide.