🏖️Kuantan
#6 Beaches in Malaysia · 2026
Teluk Cempedak
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🏖️ Beaches
Why go
Kuantan's city beach, with a long curve of sand, Hill Cempedak views and a stretch of seafood eateries and cafes. Weekend families, joggers and kite-flyers fill it in the evenings.
⭐ Don't miss: The Hill-top walk and a seafood dinner by the beach
- Entry fee
- Free
- Opening hours
- 24 hours (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Early morning or sunset; Mar-Oct
- Time needed
- 2-3 hours
- How to get there
- 10 min by Grab from Kuantan town centre; paid and free parking along the main road.
- Address
- Teluk Cempedak, 25050 Kuantan, Pahang
- Area
- Teluk Cempedak, Kuantan, Pahang
- Facilities
- 🚻 toilets🚿 showers🍽️ restaurant☕ cafe🅿️ free parking🅿️ paid parking
- Muslim-friendly
- 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal options and surau nearby; wear modest swimwear if you like - Accessibility
- Boardwalk is flat; beach sand is soft
- Kids
- Good for kids with calm shallows on non-monsoon days
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
⚠️ Safety & weather
- Rip currents and rough sea Nov-Feb
- Lifeguards on duty only in set zones
- Jellyfish occasionally
- Monsoon alert: East Coast seas are rough from about November to March. Many islands, boats and dive sites close or cut services.
🍜 Where to eat nearby
More food nearby →From our sister site bestmalaysiafood.com