Ocean coastline near Varkala

Varkala · Kerala · India

Surf. Stay.
Slow down.

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Wake up near the ocean. Walk through the palms. Figure out the rest later.

We feel the longing to return to what is quietly important. What began in the ocean slowly became a way of living. A softer rhythm, casual magic, and time shaped by the tide.

Whether you are drawn by the waves or the quiet in between, Cowees is a home to live simply, yet deeply. A place to surrender into the local flow and discover authentic life under the Indian sun.

Stay close
to the sea.

Simple rooms, salt air through the windows, breakfast whenever you wake up for it. Cowees is a small stay built around the water, not the other way around.

Palm RoomSleeps 2 · garden-facing
from ₹1,800
South Cliff RoomSleeps 2 · sea view
from ₹2,600
Shared DormSleeps 4–6 · bunk beds
from ₹900
Placeholder rates — to be confirmed
Find your room
Surfer catching a small wave

Never surfed?
Perfect.

Beginner lessons most mornings when the tide's right, small groups, boards included. If you already know your way around a wave, we'll point you toward the reef breaks down the coast.

Group lessonfrom ₹1,200
Private lessonfrom ₹2,500
Board rentalfrom ₹500/day
Placeholder pricing — to be confirmedLet's surf

Morning · Ocean air

Move before
the day gets loud.

A mat on the sand or the deck, before breakfast, before the heat. No pressure to be anywhere else afterward.

Yoga at Cowees

Arabian Sea coast

There's more
here than waves.

Kerala temple detail
temple road, Varkala
Fishing boats on the shore
fishing boats, morning
Coconut palms
coconut country
Sunset over the Arabian Sea
last light, Arabian Sea

Not a schedule

A day at Cowees.

06:12first light
07:03paddle out
09:26breakfast, slow
11:40nothing planned
16:30yoga on the deck
18:17sunset, south cliff
Fragments, not an itinerary — every day looks a little different.

Lately at Cowees

The journal.

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Come alone.
Leave knowing people.

A wave breaking along the coast

See you in Varkala?

Stay. Surf. Yoga. Or a little of everything.

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