Mahabalipuram, India
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About Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram is a town in Tamil Nadu, India. From Mahabalipuram you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Mahaballipuram, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 79 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is MAA, 41 km away.
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Staying in Mahabalipuram
- 79 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: MAA, 41 km, PNY, 83 km, TIR, 133 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Mahabalipuram.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.
Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.
| Spot | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 |
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| Mahaballipuram0.2 kmabout 5 min by car | 1 ft34 kJwind from the west-north-west, 7 knots, offshore, too small | 1 ft16 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, too small | 1 ft31 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, too small | 2 ft48 kJwind from the east, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft41 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, too small | 1 ft28 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, too small | 1 ft14 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, too small |
All readings for Mahaballipuram: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Mahabalipuram, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).
Places to eat near Mahabalipuram
- Hotel Chettinadu VirundhuIndian · 0.1 km from the centre
- Mamalla Heritage Hotel Tamil NaduIndian · 0.1 km from the centre
- Wok to DhabaIndian · 0.1 km from the centre
- Gecko CafeIndian · 0.3 km from the centre
- Sunrise RestaurantSeafood · 0.3 km from the centre
- The NewcafeSeafood · 0.4 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits