Whether you want to watch dolphins in their native underwater environment, or whether you just want to tool around the sea floor, you can now do it with a SeaBob. SeaBob is a personal watercraft that’s been available for a few years now, and is this year being introduced to the Yachting community by National Marine Suppliers.

Unless you’ve seen SeaBob, it’s a little hard to believe exactly what this machine does. It’s part bodyboard, part jet ski and all excitement. With this vehicle, you can leap across waves, but you can also dive for the ocean floor. SeaBob is fast and agile. It features an electric impeller jet motor that lets you go as fast as 8 miles per hour.

The impeller jet propulsion system on the SeaBob comes standard at 3.3 horsepower. The higher end model puts out 5 horsepower, and can achieve speeds greater than 10 miles per hour. The batteries take between 6 and 12 hours to charge, and can be plugged into a standard wall socket. The charge will power the device for about an hour, and extra battery packs are available, as well.

The SeaBob also features an LCD display in the cockpit. This display will show you the power in the engine, as well as how long the charge will last, the water temp and how far under water you’re diving.

Some have called SeaBob the “Segway of the sea.” You can steer the SeaBob just by shifting your body weight as you go along. By applying only a small amount of pressure, you can get the SeaBob to dive. The standard SeaBob will go to a depth of 2.5 meters, but it can be adjusted to dive to a depth of 40 meters. At the indicated depth, a safety feature shuts off the engine.

Best of all, SeaBob is maintenance free. In addition, the hydrodynamic shape and the powerful but ecologically friendly Lithium Ion batteries make the SeaBob one of the least damaging vehicles on the planet, creating zero emissions and leaving no carbon footprint whatsoever.

SeaBob features an ergonomic shape and comes in many colors, including Carex Yellow, Rapid Red, Silver, Titanum, Star White, Pacific Blue, Cion Yellow, Diago Red Lumex Yellow and Magma Orange.

Cayago is the company that makes SeaBob, and they’re based in Germany. In the United States, National Marine Suppliers has announced that they have reached a distribution agreement with the company for North America. National Marine Suppliers will handle the marketing and sales of SeaBob in North America.

The SeaBob is eligible for boat insurance policies through many insurers.