Are Marina & Nic Still Together From Below Deck Down Under? The Telling Clue to Their Relationship Now
Jason Pham
Warning: Below Deck Down Under Season 3 spoilers ahead. Their boatmance was still afloat the last time fans saw them, but are Marina and Nic still together from Below Deck Down Under? They may have soft-launched their relationship post-filming.
Marina Marcondes de Barros and Nicholas “Nic” Cattelan were two cast members on Below Deck Down Under Season 3, which filmed in the Seychelles in Africa. Marina worked as a stewardess (and then a second stewardess) on the superyacht Katina, while Nic served as a deckhand. Marina was an original crew member on Katina, whereras Nic joined in Episode 11 after former deckhand, Johnny Arvanitis, was fired following an incident between him, bosun Wihan du Toit, and sous chef, Alesia Harris.
From the moment Nic came onboard Katina, Marina had her eyes on him. The two sparked up a boatmance almost immediately and stayed together until the Below Deck Down Under Season 3 finale, which saw Marina ask Nic to travel with her post-season.
“I don’t want you thinking that I don’t want you in South Africa,” Marina said. “I’m just too shy to ask you to come. But like f—k it. I really want you every single day there. I want to like wake up, have breakfast with you, and like make the best out of the week we’d have together.” Nick responded, “I would love to join you.”
Nic later confessed that he didn’t want to put expectations on his relationship with Marina. “I don’t want to have any expectations about where this goes. I’m just going to appreciate what we have while we have it,” he said.
But what happened next? Read on for what we know about whether Marina and Nic are still together from Below Deck Down Under and the status of their relationship now.
Are Marina and Nic still together from Below Deck Down Under?
Marina revealed in an interview with The Daily Dish that she took a “sabbatical” from yachting after Season 3 and went to South Africa. While she didn’t confirm whether she was still with Nic, Nic’s hometown is Cape Town, so her trip to South Africa could be a hint at the status of her and Nic’s relationship.
Nic also hinted that she and Marina were still together (or at least on good terms) in an Instagram post after the Season 3 finale. Nic collaborated with three Instagram accounts on the post: bosun Nate Salmon, producer Steve Hernandez, and Marina. “Everyone is the sum of there experiences, some of which we treasure and others we wish to forget. Remember to not take any of them too seriously or too lightly… And never forget what the real treasure is. Thank you. #belowdeck,” Nic captioned the post.
Nic also hinted that he and Marina were still together with another Instagram post with her a week before the Below Deck Down Under Season 3 finale, which she also collaborated with him on. “Always remember what the real treasure is,” he captioned the post in English before continuing in Portuguese, Marina’s native language: “Lembre-se sempre de qual é o verdadeiro tesouro.” (Marina is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)
As for where Marina is now, she told The Daily Dish that she’s now working as a second stewardess on a 60-meter yacht with seasons in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.
“I couldn’t feel happier than I am right now,” she said. “Whenever the opportunities arise, I’ll be able to become a chief stew, which is my main goal in this job, so yeah, things look really nice for me right now.” Nic, for his part, is currently signed with Pulse Model Management and is pursuing a modeling career in addition to yachting.
Below Deck Down Under streams on Peacock.
