Ma ka hema o Adelaide, South Australia, e ʻike ʻoe iā Waitpinga Beach. I kona lā, hiki ke lilo ʻo Waitpinga i wahi heʻenalu maikaʻi loa, e haki ana i lalo o ka pōhaku a me ke one a hiki i 100 mika. ʻO Waitpinga kahi e hele ai inā palahalaha nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ʻohi ʻo ia i ka pehu a pau, akā i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka nui a ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia. ʻO nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi i ka wā maikaʻi, ʻo ia nā pahu a ikaika e pā ikaika mai ka lele ʻana a hiki i ka liʻiliʻi ʻana i loko o nā awāwa he nui e holo ana ma kahakai. Pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia aia kahi ʻāina hānau manō keʻokeʻo nui kokoke loa i ka haki: E makaʻala.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Waitpinga Beach?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe a i ʻelua ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kahi papa pōkole a piʻi paha ma ʻaneʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui. Ua kūpono ʻo Waitpinga i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a me ka holomua. Loaʻa pinepine ka nalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) akā hiki ke hana i ka wā ma (5/10). Pono ʻo Waitpinga i nā kūlana aniani a i ʻole nā makani waho mai ka ʻĀkau e hana maikaʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma waena o ke kai kiʻekiʻe, a ʻo ka ʻōhua maikaʻi loa mai ke Komohana Hema.
Manaʻo mākou i kahi wetsuit 3/2 i ke kauwela me ka mahana o ka wai ma luna o 17 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, pono ka 4/3 i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mahana ma kahi o 14 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.