Simon founded SwimTrek after spending many years organising open water swimming trips for himself and others. A solo English Channel swimmer and swim coach, he is always going to new destinations to find more SwimTrek locations.

Susan has guided in so many locations for SwimTrek that we have lost count! This Scottish lass grew up on the water and her vast background in water based safety coupled with her delightful charm combine to make her a pleasure to swim with.

Kevin Murphy has swum the English Channel an incredible 34 times, more than any other man in history. He completed his channel swim in 1968 and in 1970 he became the first Briton to complete a double crossing of the English Channel.

Maureen grew up in rural South Island in New Zealand.  Always interested in sports and travel, she has spent the last 12 years away from her homeland working mostly in Australia and Europe, and along the way gained qualifications and experience in teaching swimming and scuba diving. 

Nikki has a very sporty background, coaching and competing at regional level in various sports but has always enjoyed the water and swimming is her main passion. This led to her qualifying as a pool lifeguard and on to open water swimming.  

Kelly got into open water swimming when she had become bored with pool swimming several years ago.  Her favourite aspect of open water is that every swim is different, no matter how many times you swim it.

Ryan was born and raised in south London, where he honed his swimming skills in the pool, reaching national standard. A life beyond swimming beckoned when he undertook his first degree, leaving a trail of chlorine in his wake.

Always a water lover, Nicola traces swimming back to her earliest childhood memories. At University she was introduced to waterpolo and gained a half blue competing for Cambridge. Always a water lover, Nicola traces swimming back to her earliest childhood memories.

David was a competitive pool swimmer for Lancashire up to the age of 13 when life finally took over for some years. For many years I competed in endurance cycling and mountain biking events and eventually returned to swimming 16 years ago. 

Having spent her formative life growing up in the Isles of Scilly Clare has returned to her island home in recent years after a stint of 15 years away to look at and live in other parts of the world including South America and Australasia. 

Since joining Swimtrek in 2007, Lizzie has swum extensively around the Mediterranean Sea and now feels more at home swimming in the deep blue of Sardinia and Gozo. Lizzie loves to travel and believes that seeing the world at sea level is the only way.

Growing up on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, from an early age Huseyin was enjoying coastal swims with friends and has carried this on as an adult. Huseyin has a wealth of knowledge to pass on. 

Dewi is a triathlon coach, races at all distances up to and including Ironman and is involved with organising expeditions and challenge events. He has a passion for introducing and developing peoples ability in pool and open water swimming.

Born and raised in New Zealand Dan’s first proper deep water swim took place at age 2 years; in the diving well at the local swimming centre when his parents weren’t looking! He has never looked back. He has a passion for introducing and developing peoples ability in pool and open water swimming.

Chris has been involved in pool and open water swimming from a young age. He has coached and competed in Europe, Australia, the USA, and the Caribbean. At the age of 16 he completed an English Channel relay swim, at 18 won the 17km Lake Windermere Championships.

‘Known as ‘Mr Alcatraz’ Gary has done the world famous ‘escape’ over 760 times. But he is not only limited to San Francisco. in the 21 years since he started open water swimming Gary has completed an incredible list of swims.

Trish joins us from Ireland where she is one of the country's top lifesavers. A keen swimmer, Trish now specialises in the sport of lifesaving. She has trained both in Ireland and Australia and competes internationally with the Irish team in pool and surf lifesaving competitions.

A former marathon runner whose life changed when he caught his first glimpse of the English Channel from the air. A solo Channel Swimmer who brings a wealth of open water experience to our trips. In 1981 Cliff was a 26 year old, very contented endurance athlete.

Andy took up open water swimming at the tender age of 34 entering his first event, the Inter-Services Open Water Championships, in which he won the breast-stroke event. This was followed by events such as the UK, European and World Masters, culminating in a successful Channel Relay swim.

Fiona can be found most days swimming off the coast of Brighton in all conditions, all year round, favouring days which bring more challenging conditions. Fiona has been a water baby since the age of three, progressing from swimming in rivers to swimming at International level.

Having been a competitive swimmer for 20 years and representing Canada at the Sydney Olympics, Lauren took a break and came on our Virgin Islands tour as a guest. She enjoyed the trip so much, she applied to be a guide!

Neil went on his first Swimtrek holiday in 2009 to Croatia and became hooked on the sport virtually immediately and decided he wanted to join us as a guide. Neil went on his first Swimtrek holiday in 2009 to Croatia and became hooked on the sport.

Joined us from Adelaide, Australia in 2009. He is a very experienced pool swimmer who has competed in breaststroke at a high level, but is enjoying his new passion of open water swimming. He is a very experienced pool swimmer who has competed in breaststroke at a high level.