Surf School, Surf Camp, Yoga Retreat, Adventure Tours

Welcome to Surfing India, the original website dedicated to the incredible frontier of adventure sports in India. Everything you are looking for in adventure tours you can find right here at our Surf Ashram located on the west coast in South India.

Established in 2004 when surfing in India was completely unknown, today we offer all varieties of exciting water sports. If you are looking for fun in the water, this is it! Wakeboarding, bodyboarding, surfing, kayaking, surf school, surf lessons, jet skiing, stand up paddle boarding [SUP], snorkeling, and more can all be done right here at India’s original surf and yoga retreat.

How about adventure tours to some of the last great untouched surf spots in the world, India’s fabulous remote, the Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands? This is a surf camp experience you will never forget.

We have everything you need for your surf travel right here at Surfing India, clean rooms, Wi-Fi, first class vegetarian food, and professional equipment for all your adventure sports.

All our members here at the Surf Ashram are volunteers who only accept room and board as compensation. All profits generated by our surfing businesses are used to maintain the surf ashram and help in the Foundations activities.

Can't make it but you would like to help? Click on the Surfing Foundation link on the right hand side of this page to see how the members of Indias original Surf Ashram are helping make a difference in the lives of our local children.

Ashram Surf Retreat

Mantra Surf Club invites you to our Ashram Surf Retreat.
Stay with us and experience surfing in the tropical atmosphere of India.

India Surf Tours

Are you ready to surf India’s break, which was featured in the India section of the film “Castles in the sky” by Taylor Steele.

Cool Stuff

Kitesurfing in India kicks off with the Red Bull Quila Surf The first kitesurfing competition will hit India, between 23rd-25th May, at Mandwa. The Red Bull Quila Surf will showcase 70 Indian kitesurfers in the water. The costal district of Raigad is ready for action. The Red Bull Quila Surf is the first ever kitesurfing competition in the country and anxiety grows.	Spice Coast Open hot starts Indian surf scene India’s first official national Surfing and Stand up Paddle (SUP) competition got under way at the renowned beach town of Kovalam in Kerala on 3rd/ 4th/ 5th May 2013.
Surfing Swami Celebrating 50 Years of Surfing Surfing Swami [age 68], the founder of India Surf Club [a.k.a. Mantra Surf Club] and the inspiration behind the Surfing Federation of India, is celebrating 50 years of surfing. Swami began surfing in 1963.	Spice Coast Open – India's First Official Surfing & SUP Event Surfing Federation of India will be holding it's first official surfing and SUP competition. Jonty Rhodes our surfing ambassador will be attending Spice Coast Open. Registration ends on 25th of April.

Latest Articles

Article in Surfer Magazine - Strange Seeds
SWAMI NARASINGHA MAHARAJ AND HIS SURFING DISCIPLE. INDIAN SURF CULTURE IS IN ITS INFANCY. The surfers paddling out from the long, white beaches of Mangalore to the candy-striped lighthouse of Kovalam are the first generation to put feet to wax, and they love the sensation. One of these surfers is 23-years-old Kiran Kumar. He is one of India's few native surf ambassadors, and the only person i have associated who has a rattail. Couple that with his knowledge of Indian surf break and he becomes triple threat, if there ever was one.
B on Hawaii - A Journey from Within
Namaste! Here is an interview that Surfing Swami recently did with a publication out of Hawaii called "B on Hawaii". Brian Berusch the interviewer came up with some pretty cool questions.
India: Devoted to Surf
The surfboard hanging over the dining room door painted with the words "Om Sweet Om" epitomises the relaxed spirituality practised in this ashram. This is no brainwashing cult, just a group of devout, spiritual surfers who are keen to share their way of life.
The National Article: The Surfing Swamis
The National Article: The Surfing Swamis. Written by Scott MacMillan. Photography by Sanjit Das. From left: Kirtan Ananda, Dicky, Satyaraj, Daruka Dasa & Gaura Gopal, Krishna devotees at the Kaliya Mardana Krishna Ashram, head out to surf off Mangalore beach in the south Indian state of Karnataka. Full story here...
Global Post Article: Surfin' Swamis
Global Post Article by Jason Overdorf: Surfin' Swamis - Catching Waves, And Spirituality, In India "Swami Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha paddles hard and drops into a 6-foot wave off the coast of Mangalore in South India..."