Season reads, coast-by-coast calendars, and honest answers for planning a surf trip in India.
El Niño, a likely positive IOD, and freshly rebuilt sandbars: the odds tilt toward a proper Sept–Oct window at Mulki and Udupi this year.
West coast and east coast run on opposite clocks. A month-by-month read of both regimes, and the honest windows for each.
Where to take your first lesson, what it costs, when to go, and what nobody tells you — an honest guide to starting out on Indian waves.