UPDATE: Kuala Terengganu harbour entry. A very large bridge has been erected across the main harbour channel, approximately 500m W of the breakwater entry into this harbour. Until Sept 2018, passing under/through this new bridge was not a problem as they were still constructing the centre span.

This has now been completed and the only way through and into the harbour is to contact the port to have the centre span lifted (clearance is far too low for pretty much all cruising yachts.

For now, cruisers are advised to contact During Marina inside Terengganu harbour well in advance of your arrival to advise ETA at the new lift bridge. Recent cruisers have had success by liaising with Mr Din at Duyong Marina on +60 13 34 3068.

As this is early days for the operation of this lift bridge, expect some confusion around booking this. Patience and politeness will go a long way. There is no VHF channel advised for comms to do this at the time of writing this update.

Bernie Katchor has passed on more details about Awi:
Awi’s yellow house: phone +60179840337
I suggest people call him to see if he has availability.

The jetty is rickety, water and electricity are available. You need to use 4 anchor lines to remain nearby the jetty (i.e. tying to the floating jetty is not important, the 4 lines are). I went through the flood that 250,000 people were evacuated in on these lines – the river rose 12 ft 2 miles from the ocean.
5 deg 19.731 x 103 deg 7.553 is the location.

He is a valuable contact for any cruiser as he knows everything, speaks English and will taxi around.
Bernie Katchor

Awi’s yellow house has a small wharf and may allow you to leave your boat there. Mine was there in thereat flood River rose 12 ft near the mouth 250,000 folks evacuated. I put anchor fore and aft and used Awi’s fixing post and the boat was ok. Awis yellow house is a half-mile upriver from Ria Haz.