Where Is Rocky Now After Below Deck?
Rocky Mayhew was a bosun on Below Deck Mediterranean during seasons 5 and 6. He left the show around 2018 and disappeared from the YBA circuit for a while. People kept asking what happened to him because he basically vanished from the spotlight.What Happened To Rocky From Below Deck The Untold Journey Of A Hidden Star Below The Surface
After leaving Below Deck, Rocky didn't go into retirement. He kept working in the yachting industry but mostly stayed out of the camera frame. I knew a few guys from his charter seasons who ran into him at marinas in Croatia and Greece. He was still doing the same work — managing deck crews, running tender ops, handling guest expectations — just without the drama that makes reality TV watchable. One thing people get wrong about these shows is that the crew stays connected after filming wraps. They mostly don't. The yachting world is surprisingly small, but the reality TV bubble isolates people from the regular industry network. Rocky seems to have accepted that. He posted occasionally on Instagram, shared some diving photos, and mentioned he was training as a dive master. That's about as much public activity as he's had since 2019. Here's the thing nobody on the show talks about. Once you're off the yacht and off camera, there's no HR department checking in on you. No crew social. You're just floating between charters, sometimes months apart. I watched several Below Deck alumni do exactly this — disappear for a year or two, resurface on another show or another vessel, then disappear again. Rocky fits that pattern. He wasn't fired or anything dramatic. He just stopped chasing the reality TV path that most of his castmates seemed desperate to stay on.
He did a brief return for Below Deck Down Under season 3 in 2022, which surprised some fans. He wasn't a regular crew member there but appeared as a guest charter hand. From what I've read, he used it more as a way to re-enter the industry on his own terms rather than trying to rebuild a reality TV persona. His contract and appearance were limited. He went back to regular charter work afterward. As of 2025, Rocky appears to be working charter yachts somewhere in the Mediterranean during summer months and likely moves to the Caribbean in winter. That's standard pattern for mid-level deck officers who aren't making it as captain material yet. He's not a public figure. He's not on podcast tours or reunion specials. He's just doing the job. If you're trying to track him down or reach him professionally, your best bet is still LinkedIn or Instagram. He's not hidden, just inactive. The yachting recruiters who work with former Below Deck cast members told me they stopped pushing Rocky for TV opportunities around 2019 because he wasn't interested. That's the whole story. He made a conscious choice to leave that side of the industry behind.
