Real travelers · VideoCherating village ~19 min
Cherating vlog — last minute surf trip, girls & boards
Source: Bella Kuan on YouTube · embedded, not re-hosted
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.
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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