Lookbook

A season on the Sasihithlu sandbar

Early sessions, river paddles, kids’ camps and the long light of a Mangaluru evening. Photographs from our beach and the coast around it, October to May.

01Sasihithlu, Mangaluru · Season 2026–27

04Book a week-long surf stay before the December rush.

05Beginner group lesson · 2 hours · four students per coach

06Private lesson · 90 minutes · one coach, one student

07Three-day beginner course · 3 mornings · about 6 hours in the water

08Stand-up paddle lesson · 90 minutes · on the Shambhavi river

09Intermediate coaching week · 5 mornings · green waves and turns

10Video coaching session · Filmed surf · review on the deck

11Kids’ surf camp · 5 mornings · ages 8 to 14

12Surf fitness class · 60 minutes · on the sand

13Week-long surf stay · 7 nights · lessons and meals

14Weekend surf stay · 2 nights · two lessons and meals

15Surfboard rental · Half day · soft-top or epoxy

16Paddle board rental · 1 hour · board, paddle and vest

A beach, two rivers and coaches who grew up on this coast.

Nandini Point began in 2012 with two borrowed boards and a fisherman’s son who wanted to stand on a wave. Today nine coaches teach here, most of them from Sasihithlu and Mulki, and every one of them learned on this sandbar.

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