The rescue buoy that follows you.

Aquvix is a self-following rescue buoy rented at beaches and resorts. Wear the wrist tag, swim, and call it over with one press — or hold for an SOS that reaches the control desk.

For facilities How it works

The Aquvix app showing live status — the buoy on the map three metres away, water and air temperature, and battery for both the buoy and the wrist tag.

How a swim works

The app confirming a wrist tag has paired, showing the facility, tag ID, tag battery and connection status.

Wear the tag

Staff hand you a wrist tag at the desk. Scan its QR code once and the buoy is paired to you for the session.

Swim

The buoy keeps pace at a set distance, following the tag rather than your phone. Press the button once and it comes right up to you.

The app during an SOS, showing a rescuer en route and a timestamped rescue progress list.

Hold for SOS

Press and hold, and the buoy closes in while an alert reaches the facility's control desk with your position.

The app never asks for your location.

The buoy measures position and reports it — not your phone. Aquvix shows you where your buoy is without ever requesting location permission, and the camera is used only to read the tag’s QR code.

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The briefing comes before the swim.

The app explains what each press of the tag button does, and a session will not start until you confirm you have read the SOS instructions. You also set how closely the buoy follows — anywhere from one to ten metres — and one press brings it to you whatever that setting is.

The buoy is an assistive device. It is not a lifejacket and not a substitute for a lifeguard or for your own judgement about whether it is safe to swim.

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The app's tag instructions — hold the button for three seconds until the red light comes on to send an SOS — with a checkbox confirming the instructions have been read.

Buoy settings — connection and battery, and a follow-distance slider set to three metres.

For facilities

Beaches and resorts rent the equipment to swimmers. Staff hand out a wrist tag, the swimmer pairs it by scanning the QR code, and the equipment comes back to the front desk at the end.

A control desk console shows every session in progress — position, distance, battery and link state — and turns an incoming SOS into a tracked rescue.

Partner enquiries

Interested in running Aquvix at your beach, pool or resort? Get in touch and we will walk you through the equipment and the pilot programme.