To "Make a Reservation" or if you have an inquiry please fill out the following form and hit "Submit". How to Book
If you are interested in booking your next adventure on one of the Indies Trader vessels all you need to do is follow the instructions below.
1. Make Contact: The first thing you need to do is contact us with your requested dates using the contact information at the bottom of this page. We are available 24 hours a day to handle your needs. In general we do not handle individual bookings – all of our vessels are available on a daily rate basis.
2. Confirm Dates and Make Deposit: Once we have confirmed your dates we require a 25% - 50% deposit to secure your booking. This deposit is preferably made by wire transfer to our account in Singapore or via check to our United States account.
3. Fill out our Event Invitation form: Now that your dates are set and your payment is in we need to get some basic information from all of the members in your group. This information will be used to secure the necessary permits to allow you to travel in the Mentawai Islands or in other areas we are traveling.
4. Book your airline tickets: Indies Trader Marine Adventures is now equipped to handle all of our United States guests flight details - we will work directly with you to find the appropriate flight and schedule for your group if you need us to.
Airline Contact Information - Indies Trader Marine Adventures utilizes Oceanview Travel to handle all of our guests air transportation issues for our United States based customers.
Oceanview Travel
629 Camino de los Mares Suite 101
San Clemente, Ca 92673
Local: 949.493.5231
FAX: 949.493.2770
Contact Name: Jeff Samuelson
oceanviewtravel629@yahoo.com
5. Make final payment: Your final payment is due two months prior to your trip's departure. Once that's in along with the information from our event invitation form you're all set to go!
6. Show up: Rule #1 is to remember to not miss your flight...believe us, it can happen to anyone. Once you've made it on the right flight, endured a trip halfway across the world, and landed in Padang we will be there to pick you up and take you to your surf charter vessel.
7. Surf: Once you're on the boat everything is taken care of !
* Please Note: that cost of each trip is based on a flat rate per day, less passengers increases the cost per person proportionally.
To confirm booking we require a 25% deposit of the total charter price before January 1 of the proposed trip year and 50% after January 1 of that year. We currently accept payments via wire transfer, check, or money order.B) United States customers may make payment in the form of wire transfers, personal checks, or money orders.
C) Deposit payment will not be confirmed until an email confirming transfer has been received.
D) Transfer charges are to be to your account.
2. The balance of the total cost is to be paid no later than 60 days prior to departure (or at a later date as agreed in writing between us and client). Failure by a client to pay the final payment balance by the due date will entitle the Company to cancel the booking whereupon the deposit paid by the client shall be forfeited to the Company.
A) Final payment will not be confirmed until an e-mail confirming transfer has been received.
3. Any cancellation made by the client must be in writing. The company reserves the right to deduct the following cancellation fees from any monies paid by the client in the event of the cancellation of the booking by the client.
A) If the company receives the written cancellation more than 60 days prior to departure deposit shall be refunded in full.
B) If the written cancellation is received by the company within 60 days prior to departure the company shall not be obliged to refund any monies whatsoever.
4. The company shall not be responsible or liable for any injury, death, damage, loss, delay, cost, expense, inconvenience, or loss of enjoyment suffered by any person caused directly or indirectly by or arising from:
A) Force majeure or other events beyond the Company's control, including but not limited to war, civil disturbance, fire, floods, weather, acts of God, acts of Government, strikes or industrial action.
B) Accidents to or failure of machinery, equipment or transport.
C) The negligence, acts or omissions of any person contracted or employed by the Company to perform any duty or service.
D) The inability of the Company through circumstances beyond the Company's control to comply with any special request relating to age, medical conditions, or physical disability of the client or any request for smoking or non smoking accommodation.
E) Any failure by the client to obtain a passport or visa or proper vaccinations.
F) The person or client being intoxicated or effected by drugs at the relevant time.
Questions, Comments, Concerns? Indies Trader was the first and original surf charter boat operation in Java and Sumatra. Today, we continue a tradition of excellence spanning over 15 years complimented by the safest, most experienced, and knowledgeable surf charter fleet and crew on the planet. We have lived and operated in Indonesia for over 30 years!
Our Skippers; Martin Daly, Albert Taylor, Tony (Doris) Elthrington,
Luke McGay, Erik Sodeqvist and Tait Bragdon, apart from being well-qualified and experienced seaman, are all passionate surfers. We have unsurpassed knowledge and experience as to the surf and conditions which means we consistently out perform all others in the quantity and quality of uncrowded surf. This is a trend we have delivered and continue to deliver to our loyal customers. (90% repeat, some have been every year for 10 years)
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Our surf charter vessels have the following advantages:
1. A qualified and experienced Captain, Chef, Engineer, and Crew. We use the freshest and best ingredients available, imported meats and dairy products, bake our own bread, make our own yogurt and ice cream and generally go all out to provide the healthiest food possible.
2. State of the art communications facilities. Telephone, Facsimile and Email. Marine stabilized antennas on our Satcoms that receive calls 24 hrs a day, not portable units that are only good for outgoing calls.
3. Registration as Commercial Vessels, not pleasure yachts.
4. Comprehensive loss and liability insurance as passenger carrying commercial craft.
5. Annual surveys and full ocean going safety equipment to Solas International Standards
6. Twin Diesel Engines
7. Primary and Back Up Generators and many redundant systems to ensure that a simple mechanical failure will not end the surf trip.
8. Individual Air Conditioned cabins, not communal bunk rooms.
9. Plentiful hot and cold water for showering, tap water is potable . Primary and back up Desalinisation units
10. Indies Trader I, II, III, and IV are operating in Java and Sumatra, Indonesia, surfing waves that we have found in the past. Even now we are still finding new waves.
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Contact Information
Indies Trader
629 Camino De Los Mares # 101
San Clemente, Ca 92673
E-mail:
anthony@indiestrader.com
Local # (877) 808-0813
Mobile # (714) 478-2487
FAX # (949) 493-2770
Contact: Anthony Marcotti
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Airline Contact Information Indies Trader utilizes Oceanview Travel to handle all of our guests air transportation issues for our United States based customers. Whether you have frequent flier miles you'd like to use or simply book your flight to the Mentawai's or beyond, Oceanview Travel can take care of you better than anyone - please ask for Jeff Samuelson. .
Oceanview Travel
629 Camino De Los Mares Suite 101
San Clemente, Ca 92673
E-mail: oceanviewtravel629@yahoo.com
Local # (949) 493-5231
FAX # (949) 493-2770
Frequently Asked Questions
Subscribe to our mailing list (Please Note: You will be redirected back to our "home page" after you hit the "submit" button) Indies Trader Contact Information
Indies Trader Marine Adventures is not a surf travel agency. We are the first and original surf charter operator in Java and Sumatra Indonesia. We own and/or operate five vessels, the MV Indies Trader, the Indies Trader II, the Indies Trader III, the Indies Trader IV, and the newest addition to our fleet, the Indies Trader Surveyor. We are about surfing and boats and little else.
Please use the information below to contact us with your inquiries, questions, or opinions, we want to hear from you! From all of us at Indies Trader Marine Adventures - thank you for your support!
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International
Indies Trader I, II, III, IV
629 Camino De Los Mares # 101
San Clemente, Ca 92673
E-mail:
anthony@indiestrader.com
Local # (877) 808-0813
Mobile # (714) 478-2487
FAX # (949) 493-2770
Contact:Anthony Marcotti
Indonesia
P.T Surfindo Maritim Nusantara
Jl. By-Pass Km.7 No61, Simp. Batung Taba
Lubuk Begalung, Padang 25223, Sumatra Barat
Tel.+628126644310
E-mail : jason@indiestrader.com
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M.V. Indies Trader I
+873 761 342 257
Fax: +873 761 342 258
Iridium : + 8816 214 11011
Indies.trader1@astmail.net
M.V. Indies Trader II
+873 762 483 181
Fax: +873 762 483 182
Aces +62 86811 701 102
indiestrader2@astmail.net
M.V. Indies Trader III
+873 761 333 031
Fax:+ 873 761 333 032
Aces: +62 86811 700 032
indiestrader3@astmail.net
M.V. Indies Trader IV
+873 763 655 561
Fax: +873 764 146 484
+62 812 102 9602
Iridium: + 8816 214 62929
admin.trader4@astmail.net
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Airline Contact Information Indies Trader utilizes Oceanview Travel to handle all of our guests air transportation issues for our United States based customers. Whether you have frequent flier miles you'd like to use or simply book your flight to the Mentawai's or beyond, Oceanview Travel can take care of you better than anyone - please ask for Jeff Samuelson.
Airline / Flight Info - U.S.A.
Oceanview Travel
629 Camino De Los Mares Suite 101
San Clemente, Ca 92673
E-mail: oceanviewtravel629@yahoo.com
Local # (949) 493-5231
FAX # (949) 493-2770
Contact Name: Jeff Samuelson
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* Please Note: For bookings made in 2009 a 25% deposit is required to secure the booking, bookings made in 2009 require a 50% deposit to secure the booking, with the balance payable 60 days before the charter start date. Bookings that have not had a deposit paid are considered open and may be taken by other groups, so we encourage you to pay a deposit to ensure your preferred dates are secure.
Why are Indies Trader boats the best alternative? Why does Indies Trader do longer trips than other boats? Our trips are 12 days to make sure you have great surf on your trip! It is a matter of odds! The swell cycle in the Indian Ocean is 3 to 4 on, 3 to 4 off, 3 to 4 on. We learnt this in the days before there was internet surf forecasting. What this means is that if you spend 10 days out there you can get skunked if you get a whole swell off cycle and a dropping and rising part of a new cycle. If you spend 12 days you are guaranteed at least one swell and generally get two on your trip. On a 10 day trip, worst case, you can arrive as the swell is peaking, then dropping for 3 days, then deal with a 4 day flat spell. Why risk flying to the other side of the world for a surf trip and not stack the odds of scoring in your favor? Other companies claim they have faster boats... Isn’t faster better? Faster is sometimes better if you can afford it. The reality is with today’s fuel prices no one is cruising faster than 10 knots even if their boats are capable of going faster. There are a lot of exaggerated claims. For example on one of our competitor's website they claim a 2,000 mile range at 26 knots. Truth? The boat did 24 knots once when new and unloaded, it actually has a range of less than 500 nm. Spends most of the time doing 8 knots and can maintain a max speed of 14 knots loaded. You are better off with a bigger more comfortable boat that can do 10 knots all the time than a smaller lighter boat designed to plane that is only doing eight to ten knots. Remember the boat is essentially a floating hotel, the actual quality of accommodation and personal space onboard is more important than than saving half an hour getting between breaks. Indies Trader Photo Galleries: Invite your friends on a boat trip with Indies Trader!