
Cancellation & Refunds
Plans change and the sea does what it likes. Here is exactly what you get back and when, with no clause buried at the bottom.
Cancel by messaging us on WhatsApp at +91 99953 38248, or by replying to our booking message or email. Tell us your booking dates and the payment reference from your UPI app. We'll confirm in writing. If you don't hear back within a day, assume we didn't get it and chase us.
What you get back, by booking type
Rooms and dorm beds
| If you cancel | You get back | Why |
|---|---|---|
| More than 7 days before check-in | 100% | Full refund, no questions. |
| 3 to 7 days before check-in | 50% | Half back, since the room is hard to re-let this late. |
| Less than 3 days before check-in | None | The bed is held for you and stays empty. |
| No-show | None | Message us. If you're delayed rather than gone, we'll work it out. |
Surf lessons
| If you cancel | You get back | Why |
|---|---|---|
| More than 24 hours before the session | 100% | Reschedule or refund, your call. |
| Less than 24 hours before | None | The instructor and the slot are already yours. |
| We call it off for sea conditions or safety | 100% | Always. We would rather refund you than put you in water we don't like the look of. |
Surf camps
| If you cancel | You get back | Why |
|---|---|---|
| More than 4 weeks before the camp starts | Deposit refunded in full | You're outside the window where we've committed to numbers. |
| Inside 4 weeks of the start date | Deposit not refunded | Food, instructors and beds are booked against your place by then. Transfer it to a friend or to another camp instead. We'd rather that than keep your money. |
| The camp doesn't reach 5 sign-ups | Deposit refunded in full | Our cancellation, our cost. Returned within the timeline below. |
How long a refund takes
We start the refund within 3 business days of approving your request. It then takes 5 to 7 business days after that, depending on your bank to appear in your account. That second leg is the banks, not us, and we can't speed it up.
Refunds go back to the original payment method. We cannot redirect a refund elsewhere. If the UPI ID or bank account you paid from has since closed, tell us early so we can agree another way to return the money.
When we cancel
If we cancel anything, be it a camp that doesn't reach 5 sign-ups, a lesson called off for sea conditions or a room that becomes unusable, you get the full amount back, every time, with no deduction for processing.
We'll offer you a reschedule or a credit first, because we'd rather see you than keep your money. Saying no to that costs you nothing.
Weather
Rain is not a reason to cancel a surf lesson. You are getting wet anyway, and some of the best sessions here happen under a grey sky. Unsafe surf is a different matter, and that call is the instructor's, not yours and not ours. When they make it, the session is refunded or rescheduled in full.
Monsoon closures, if any, are published on the site well in advance and bookings are not taken for those dates.
If something goes wrong while you're here
Tell us at the time, not in a review three weeks later. A room problem we hear about at breakfast usually gets fixed by lunch. A problem we hear about after you've gone home is one we can't fix at all, and a partial refund is a poor substitute for a week you actually enjoyed.
Where we genuinely got something wrong and couldn't put it right during your stay, we'll refund a fair share of what you paid. We'd rather settle that with you directly. It is faster for you than any dispute.
Who we are
- Trading as
- Kuma Surf House
- Legal entity
- Cleetus Jaya Hareesh
- Entity type
- Proprietorship
- GSTIN
- 32ATRPH9587K1ZU
- Licence
- Edava Grama Panchayat enterprise licence BFIF01-G010102-00007-2026, valid to 12 February 2031
- Address
- Sree Eight, near Manthara Temple, Edava, Varkala, Kerala 695311, India
- Phone
- +91 99953 38248
Quickest route to a human is WhatsApp on +91 99953 38248. For anything about a payment, quote your booking dates and the payment reference from your UPI app.
These terms are governed by Indian law and the courts of Kerala have jurisdiction. Nothing here limits any right you have under applicable consumer law that cannot be limited by agreement. Questions about any of it, ask Kuma Surf directly. We would rather explain it than have you agree to something you did not read.
