Cherating vlog — last minute surf trip, girls & boards
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Watch this if you want to come and surf on a budget — the real reason people visit in monsoon season — and want to see the chalets, the point break and the food before you go.
What’s in it
- A last-minute monsoon surf weekend (filmed in January, peak season) — about 3.5 hours’ drive from KL, with a coffee-and-bread stop in Kuantan on the way.
- Stayed in a clean budget chalet around RM 80–130 a night — and made the honest point that a hot shower and a dry bathroom are the things to check, since cheaper places can be damp.
- The surf point is a walk from the village — mornings were the main session (roughly 7am–noon), then “surf, nap, eat, repeat.”
- A surf poncho is worth having for warmth between sessions; expect sore arms by day two.
- Food: coffee and bread in Kuantan en route, and a stuffed-crab dinner in town — eating out is part of the weekend.
More from this video
The trip opens with a ritual stop in Kuantan for coffee and bread — “every trip will have at least one meal of the coffee and the bread.”
Her honest take on the chalet: price matters less than a hot shower and a dry, clean bathroom — cheaper east-coast places can be “constantly wet and moist.” A useful budget-booking checklist.
The surf point is a walk from the village, and the walk is the warm-up — “not so bad going out, really tiring coming back.” Mornings are the real session (~7am–noon); the rest is “surf, nap, eat, repeat.”
It’s a four-day trip and food is half of it — a coconut latte they wished was stronger, ramen, and a stuffed-crab dinner in town on the last night.
Facts from this trip
- 0:38Time~3.5 hours drive from KLapproximate
to Cherating, with a coffee stop in Kuantan en route
“three and a half hours bro, not bad”
- 3:00Heads-upCheck for a hot shower & a dry bathroom
cheaper chalets can be damp; a hot shower was a plus here
“there is also hot shower which is a plus point — I need the toilets to be dry, the previous places were constantly wet and moist”
- 3:27CostRM 80–130 per nightapproximate
budget chalet; price varies by place
“the prices ranges from 80 ringgit to 130 a night, it really depends”
- 8:25GearSurf ponchomentioned
for warmth between morning sessions
“this surf poncho is for mornings, and it keeps you warm too”
- 9:41Heads-upExpect sore arms by day twomentioned
back-to-back sessions are tiring
“everyone is just like dead right now, my arms are so sore”
- 15:32When~7am–noon main surf session
mornings only — then “surf, nap, eat, repeat”
“we actually surfed from seven till like 12pm”
Each fact is pulled from a real moment in the video — tap a timestamp to watch it. Quotes are the traveler’s own words, lightly cleaned. How we verify this.
Our take: The best budget-surf look at Cherating — chalet prices, the walk to the point and the monsoon-season timing — from a group of friends who came purely to surf.
Where this lines up with our guides
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