Surfbee · Designed and manufactured in Australia

Built around the people who measure water.

Surfbee designs, engineers and manufactures each autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), also known as an uncrewed surface vessel or USV, in Australia for professional hydrography and water-monitoring teams.

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A field team observing a Surfbee vessel on the water — From engineering to deploymentConnected to the work on the water.

Origin: Australia
Flow Series
Field reach

Why Surfbee exists

Built to reduce deployment complexity.

Surfbee was founded by Jack Hurley, who led the company through its first platforms and its first international markets.

Surfbee develops autonomous surface vehicles for hydrography, hydrology and environmental monitoring. Each system brings together the vessel, instrument, mounting, positioning and mission software.

The Flow Series reflects that practical focus, with four platforms for different deployment and payload requirements. The right starting point depends on the waterway, instrument and operating workflow.

Working principles

Engineering principles grounded in the field.

Four things shape every engineering decision at Surfbee.

01
Innovation
Product development combines field feedback with advances in autonomous technology.
02
Australian engineering
Design, engineering and manufacturing sit in one building in Australia, close to the people and conditions shaping the work.
03
Precision
Engineering decisions are guided by professional measurement and data-quality workflows.
04
Durability
Field equipment is developed for demanding use and configured for its operating environment.

The Surfbee team unloading a vessel at Lake Hume — **Field-ready integration.**

A Surfbee operator steering a vessel from the Lake Hume shoreline — **Field-ready integration.**

Built in Australia

Designed, engineered and manufactured in Albury.

Product development remains connected to the survey community and to the conditions teams face in the field. That proximity keeps product decisions grounded in real deployment requirements.

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Leadership

The team behind Surfbee.

A small team, reachable directly, in one time zone.

Chrysthian Loiola
CEO
Leads the company, commercial strategy, international distribution and compliance. Background in corporate integrity and global marine-robotics projects.
Evan Leahy
Sales Engineer and Product Lead
Sets product direction and works directly with survey teams on ADCP, water quality, autonomous vessel and marine-robotics deployments.

Global field reach

Australian made. Global impact.

Available worldwide, used in more than 50 countries. Surfbee supplies direct from Australia and through distribution partners across Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.

Measured in realoperating conditions.

Published field accounts from teams using Surfbee systems for water measurement.

UKCEH field operator discussing a Surfbee demonstration beside the water

Field demonstration

FDRI kit demo: Surfbee

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

“I believe that this is the future of streamflow gauging.”
Waypoint control and edge loitering supported a discharge measurement from shore in 3 °C conditions.
Streamflow gauging teamField hydrology
“It had to be light, easily deployable.”
A water-monitoring team evaluated the platform for handling, serviceability, field efficiency and safer ADCP deployment.
Water monitoring teamWater Monitoring Area Manager
“A massive time-saving mechanism.”
An environmental-monitoring team introduced three autonomous gauging boats to simplify field workflows across testing sites.
Environmental monitoring teamEnvironmental Monitoring Manager