SMALLBeach break
Mahabalipuram
East Coast · Tamil Nadu
East-coast beginner beach by the shore temples — Oct–Dec season.
WaveBeach break
Who it's for
Beginner
Small & glassy all day — great for a first surf.
Best window · EARLY · 6–9 am
0.3m
Ankle-high
- Swell
- 0.3m @ 9s SSE
- Wind
- 7kt offshore
- Tide
- nearing high
EARLYdone
Small
glassy
7kt offshore · tide nearing high
MORNINGdone
Small
glassy
8kt offshore · tide falling
AFTERNOONdone
Small
glassy
5kt offshore · tide low
SUNSETdone
Small
semi
6kt onshore · tide rising
Low 1:00 am · high 7:00 am
(model estimate, not a tide table)
Wave-model forecast — a GO is "worth checking", never a guarantee. details
Open-Meteo global wave model (~5 km grid). Reliable for swell arrival, size, and period; it does not know the sandbar or exact nearshore breaking height. A GO is "worth checking", never a guarantee.
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