A water exercise device to be worn by a person who is desirous of acquiring increased buoyancy while exercising in water. The device includes a waist-encircling band 11 of flexible buoyant material, such as elastomeric foam, through which is intertwined a flexible and inextensible belt 15 to be strapped around the user's waist. The buoyant band 11 extends circumferentially behind the wearer from just forward of each hip where it terminates in an enlarged lobe portion 12. Thus the stomach and general body area in front of the wearer are free from interference and the buoyancy of the two lobe portions and interconnecting back band tend to raise the wearer to a vertical position as opposed to a naturally occurring forward face to the water position. <IMAGE>
