Semaya Darmajaya

Semaya One Fast Ferry: The Value Pick on the Padang Bai Crossing

Last checked August 2026. Live departure times, durations and fares are shown in the timetable on this page. Fleet and policy details below are the operator's published figures — where we have not verified something ourselves, we say so.

Semaya One — operating as Semaya Darmajaya — runs the short Padang Bai corridor to the Gili Islands and Lombok. Price is the reason to consider it: in October 2026 its Padang Bai fare was well below Eka Jaya's on the same 90-minute crossing. It is the most-booked Gili operator on Sailtix.

Is It Worth It Against the Alternatives?

On price, clearly: Eka Jaya runs the identical Padang Bai to Gili Trawangan crossing in the same 90 minutes at a noticeably higher fare. Compare today's fares in each operator's timetable.

What you give up is choice. Eka Jaya runs three departures a day out of Bali against Semaya One's two Padang Bai sailings (08:30 and 13:20), reaches all three Gili islands directly, and has a larger fleet, so a maintenance day is less likely to become your problem. Semaya One is the better booking when your date is fixed and you simply need to cross. Eka Jaya is the better booking when you want flexibility, island-hopping, or a late departure.

The Boat

The hull on the Padang Bai corridor is the Semaya Darmajaya Jet:

• Capacity: 280 passengers
• Hull: marine-grade aluminium — heavier and more rigid than fiberglass, which is what you want crossing the Lombok Strait
• Dimensions: 36 m long, 5.75 m beam, 1.2 m draft
• Engines: 3 × MTU DDC 16V2000, cruising 23–25 knots
• Built: 2024

The wider Semaya One fleet includes the 300-passenger MV Semaya Victory, the 250-passenger Semaya Miracle catamaran, and the 140-passenger Semaya One Pride. The Darmajaya Jet is the vessel bookable through Sailtix on this route.

Hull, engine and capacity figures are the operator's published specification, not something we have measured. Ride quality in swell and onboard comfort are the things we have not yet verified ourselves.

Booking and Boarding

• Getting to Padang Bai: allow 1.5–2 hours by road from South Bali depending on traffic. The sea leg is short; the road leg is not.
• Departure port: Padang Bai Harbor, East Bali, for the Gili and Lombok crossings. Semaya One's Sanur to Kutampi (Nusa Penida) sailings and the return are also on Sailtix; see the timetable above.
• Check-in: Semaya One asks you to arrive at the harbour at least 1 hour before departure.
• Bring ID: a valid government-issued ID card or passport, original or photocopy, is required at check-in.
• Luggage: 25 kg of checked baggage, which their terms cap at two pieces, plus hand luggage. Excess may be charged at the harbour.

Cancellation, Refunds and Date Changes

Semaya One publishes the same refund structure as most operators on this corridor. The 48-hour wall is the one to plan around:

Date changes must be requested at least 48 hours before departure and are subject to seat availability.

Two things to watch. Promotional tickets are strictly non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be moved to another date or time at all — if you book a promo fare, you are committed. And unlike Eka Jaya, Semaya One sells no flexible-fare add-on, so there is no way to buy your way out of the 48-hour wall. If your dates are uncertain, that flexibility can be worth more than what you save on the fare.

Semaya One may also cancel sailings for weather, technical or safety reasons, and their terms state they are not liable for consequential costs such as missed onward flights. Leave a buffer before international departures.

You cancel through Sailtix, not through the operator. If you need to cancel or move a booking made here, contact Sailtix and we handle it with Semaya One on your behalf — you do not need to phone the harbour, email the operator, chase anyone in Indonesian, or be in the country to do it. One message to us is enough. The windows above still apply, because they are the operator's terms and we cannot waive them, so tell us as early as you can rather than waiting.

Who It Suits

• Good fit: travellers on a fixed date who want the short Padang Bai crossing at a low fare, and anyone continuing to Senggigi or Bangsal on Lombok.
• Consider alternatives: if you need more than one departure time, want to reach Gili Meno directly, or want published cancellation terms, Eka Jaya is worth the extra fare.

Check live schedules and seat availability for Bali to Gili Trawangan and Bali to Gili Air.