23-27 Dec 2026
Christmas Surf Camp
5 days / 4 nights · max 14 people · from ₹30,000 plus GST.
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Three ways to sleep.
One price per room, per person, for the whole 5 days / 4 nights. A 50% deposit confirms your slot; the balance is paid on arrival.
Christmas runs over peak season, so it is priced above the other camps: a higher room rate and a larger activities component.
Private Room (solo)
Per person
₹45,000
50% deposit: ₹22,500
Shared Private Room
Per person
₹35,000
50% deposit: ₹17,500
Dorm Bed
Per person
₹30,000
50% deposit: ₹15,000
Refer a friend and you both get 10% off. It is the only discount on a camp. Prices exclude GST, which is added at the applicable rate.
Late December at Edava
Small surf, seldom blown out, in the busiest week of the year.
Christmas Day is Day 3. It runs like the other surf days: two hours in the water from 7am, an ice bath at 11, then paddling practice in the pool at 5pm and dinner at the house. Christmas Eve is Day 2, the classroom theory day, and Boxing Day brings the first of the two video reviews.
December surf tends to be small, and seldom blown out. Surf-Forecast's long-term record gives December the fewest blown-out days of the year, 18%, and the most that are too small, 44%, with offshore wind 41% of the time against 18% onshore. Small days can still suit beginners, Surf-Forecast notes, and the water averages 28.7°C.
Kerala Tourism counts December to February as the pleasant, slightly cooler months. On the India Meteorological Department's long-term averages for Thiruvananthapuram, December highs sit around 32 to 33°C, nights drop to 22 or 23°C, and the month gets 60 to 70 mm of rain on only a handful of days.
These dates also fall in the busiest stretch of the Varkala calendar, Christmas to New Year. On the Cliff, music can carry late into the night. At Edava, about ten minutes north by scooter, the loudest thing after dark is usually the sea.
Pack a thin layer for the cooler evenings.
Book the journey early. Overnight trains from Bangalore and Chennai fill fast in December, and around New Year many trains get a temporary halt at Varkala for the week of the Sivagiri pilgrimage, so check the halts for your exact date.
A fifth night after the closing barbecue, on Sunday the 27th, is charged at the Christmas-week room rate. From the 29th the nightly rates climb again, up to New Year's Eve, the most expensive night of the year at the house.
What you get. What you don't.
Included
- Four two-hour surf sessions, one every morning from Day 2 (7 to 9am)
- Breakfast every day
- Dinner every night, from the welcome dinner to the closing barbecue
- Ice bath (3x)
- Yoga (3x)
- Video analysis with one-to-one feedback (2x)
- Classroom surf theory
- Paddling practice in the pool (once it opens in November)
- Opening circle to meet the group
- Surf transport to the beach
Not included
- Lunch
- Flights & transfer to Varkala
- Airport pick up / drop off
- Scooters to explore
- A fifth night after the camp (added at the room rate)
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Drinks and snacks outside camp meals
- Laundry
We're happy to help organise any of the above, just ask.
The week
Four mornings in the water.
The camp covers four nights. Plenty of people stay on after the closing barbecue: a fifth night can be added at the room rate for those dates.
Day 1
Arrival & welcome
Check in from 5:30pm, an opening circle to meet the group at 6:30, and the welcome dinner at 7:30.
Day 2
Introduction
Two-hour surf at 7am. Ice bath at 11am. Classroom theory at 3:30pm, then yoga at 5pm to stretch for the days ahead. Dinner together.
Day 3
Good habits
Surf at 7am. Ice bath at 11am. Paddling practice in the pool at 5pm (from November). Dinner.
Day 4
Consistency
Surf at 7am. Ice bath at 11am. Video analysis and one-to-one feedback at 3:30pm, then yoga at 5pm. Dinner.
Day 5
Last waves
A last surf at 7am. Video feedback at 3pm, a final yoga session at 5pm, and the closing barbecue.
Booking
Four steps. No card needed.
- 01Fill in the form. Name, email, camp and room preference.
- 02We send you the GPay/UPI details on WhatsApp. Pay the 50% deposit and send the screenshot with your full name and camp date.
- 03We confirm your slot and email the full details, schedule and what to bring.
- 04The remaining 50% is paid on arrival.
A camp needs 5 sign-ups to run and caps at 14. If we can't run it, your deposit comes straight back.
Christmas Surf Camp
23-27 Dec 2026
Prices exclude GST, which is added at the applicable rate.
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23 to 27 December
The Christmas surf camp in Varkala, with the 25th in the middle
This one starts on Wednesday 23 December 2026 and finishes on Sunday the 27th, so Christmas Day falls in the middle of the week, between surf mornings.
It follows the same programme as the other five camps: two hours of surf every morning, breakfast and dinner at the house, three ice baths, yoga, two video reviews and a closing barbecue.
December sits in the most settled stretch of the surf season on this coast. The monsoon is long gone, the swell is cleaner and the days are dry and warm, which makes it one of the easiest months of the year to learn in.
The new pool at the house is due to open in the first week of November, well before this camp, so the week comes with somewhere to cool off between the morning surf and dinner.
The camp finishes on the 27th, which leaves time to stay on in Varkala for New Year's Eve. Rooms for the extra nights are booked separately, and late December is peak season, so ask about them when you book the camp.
Peak season
What Christmas costs, room by room
The Christmas surf camp in Varkala is ₹30,000 for a dorm bed, ₹35,000 for a shared private room and ₹45,000 for the private room to yourself, per person for the five days.
It is the most expensive week of the season by some way. Christmas is peak season on this coast: the rooms cost more, the food costs more, and the week has more in it than a normal camp.
Bringing a friend takes 10% off for both of you, so a dorm bed is ₹27,000 and a shared room ₹31,500. A 50% deposit holds the place.
Booking
Five to run, fourteen at most
A camp needs five sign-ups before it goes ahead. If Christmas doesn't get there, it doesn't run, and your deposit comes back in full.
At the other end it stops at fourteen, which is every bed in the house.
A place is held with a deposit by GPay or UPI: half of your room's rate, whichever one you are booking at. The rest is paid when you arrive.
