Teluk Bayu, Teluk Kumbar

Teluk Bayu, Teluk Kumbar, Penang (10 October 2018)


Teluk Bayu (GPS: 5.27872, 100.24158) is a stretch of sandy beach in Sungai Batu, Penang. The beach is a nice place for a picnic, and is known mostly by the locals. It has a number of casuarina trees that provide a good shade. The beach of Teluk Bayu ends at a rocky promontory on the western end.

On the eastern end, the beach thins out and is replaced by dense forest that reaches almost to water's edge. About fifty meters from the beach is a man-made lake now known as Tasik Teluk Bayu. A few decades ago, this lake was created out of sand mining activities in the area. Now it has been abandoned. The lake is serene, and there are water liles growing on the surface.

Sights at Teluk Bayu

The road into Teluk Bayu, with place for people to park and go for picnic. (10 October 2018)


Angler standing on a rock at Teluk Bayu. I wonder how he got there. (10 October 2018)


Teluk Bayu is a crescent-shaped coast of sandy beach. In the distance is Teluk Kumbar proper, with Lexis Suites Penang (10 October 2018)


Teluk Bayu has a wide sandy beach that is not as crowded as the beaches on the northern coast. (10 October 2018)


Here I am with Teluk Bayu behind me (29 November 2014)


The beach at Sungai Batu (1 November 2003)


The promontory at the seaside of Teluk Bayu (1 November 2003)


Casuarina at Teluk Bayu. (10 October 2018)


This is the rural road that connects Teluk Bayu with Jalan Sungai Batu. (10 October 2018)


Under the casuarina grove at Teluk Bayu. (10 October 2018)


Ice cream seller at Pak Tam Mee Udang stall in Teluk Bayu. (10 October 2018)


My wife and I at Teluk Bayu. (10 October 2018)

Getting there

From Jalan Teluk Kumbar main road, go down Jalan Sungai Batu until it ends at the Bayu Bay Seafood Restaurant. Follow the coastline heading east. There is a bridge across Sungai Batu near its estuary. Beyond the bridge is the sandy stretch known as Teluk Bayu.

The beach at Teluk Bayu peeking from under the casuarinas (1 November 2003)


Tim at Teluk Bayu (29 November 2014)

List of Beaches in Penang and Beaches in Malaysia