Police have managed to find the body of an Indonesian national who disappeared from his fishing boat early Friday morning.

Police spokesperson Atu Sokomuri confirmed the man's body was found in Lami at around midday yesterday.

He said the man returned from a nightclub early yesterday morning at around 1-2am and was trying to climb a ladder onto his boat at the Fisheries Jetty, when he slipped into the sea. Police are awaiting post mortem results.