Disasters of any scale gather different stakeholders. Some of them are involved only during disaster response, some of them during disaster recovery and many of them are involved in the entire process of disaster risk management. This paper aims to explore the differences in coordination during disaster response and recovery. The study uses qualitative semi-structured interviews with stakeholders involved in managing the effects of the tsunami of 2004 in Tamil Nadu, India. The study illustrates that despite unclear boundaries between coordination during response and recovery, the respondents express substantial differences in (1) the variety of stakeholders; (2) the level of engagement in activities; (3) the changing information need and requirement; and (4) the nature of coordination itself. Although coordination is not a new theme is disaster risk management, it has not been studied much in recovery settings.