diff --git a/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/ArrayVectorFloat.java b/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/ArrayVectorFloat.java
index 32dce1f35..46c7a59dc 100644
--- a/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/ArrayVectorFloat.java
+++ b/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/ArrayVectorFloat.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.disk.IndexWriter;
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.util.RamUsageEstimator;
+import io.github.jbellis.jvector.vector.types.FloatArray;
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.vector.types.VectorFloat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 /**
  * VectorFloat implementation backed by an on-heap float array.
  */
-final public class ArrayVectorFloat implements VectorFloat<float[]>
+final public class ArrayVectorFloat implements VectorFloat<float[]>, FloatArray
 {
     private final float[] data;
 
@@ -123,5 +124,10 @@ public int hashCode()
     {
         return this.getHashCode();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public float[] array() {
+        return get();
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/types/FloatArray.java b/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/types/FloatArray.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..480943678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvector-base/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/types/FloatArray.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright DataStax, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.github.jbellis.jvector.vector.types;
+
+/**
+ * Return the {@code float[]} representation of the {@link VectorFloat} if its type supports
+ * such conversions.
+ */
+public interface FloatArray {
+    float[] array();
+}
diff --git a/jvector-native/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/MemorySegmentVectorFloat.java b/jvector-native/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/MemorySegmentVectorFloat.java
index 3e3f67e1f..4227629aa 100644
--- a/jvector-native/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/MemorySegmentVectorFloat.java
+++ b/jvector-native/src/main/java/io/github/jbellis/jvector/vector/MemorySegmentVectorFloat.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.disk.IndexWriter;
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.util.RamUsageEstimator;
+import io.github.jbellis.jvector.vector.types.FloatArray;
 import io.github.jbellis.jvector.vector.types.VectorFloat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 /**
  * VectorFloat implementation backed by an on-heap MemorySegment.
  */
-final public class MemorySegmentVectorFloat implements VectorFloat<MemorySegment>
+final public class MemorySegmentVectorFloat implements VectorFloat<MemorySegment>, FloatArray
 {
     private final MemorySegment segment;
 
@@ -141,4 +142,9 @@ public boolean equals(Object o)
     public int hashCode() {
         return this.getHashCode();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public float[] array() {
+        return (float[])segment.heapBase().get();
+    }
 }