Ma waho o ke alanui Moana Nui ma Victoria, e ʻike ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Torquay. Aia ma ʻaneʻi kahi ʻāʻī ʻākau ʻākau a ʻoluʻolu e kaʻa ana ma luna o ke one a me lalo pōhaku. He maʻalahi nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi ke heʻenalu i ka wā e haki ana a hiki i 100 mika. Hāʻawi kēia i nā manawa he nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i kou mākaukau heʻenalu, holo i ka papa lōʻihi, a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kekahi mau huli. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo Torquay kahi wahi wela no ka lehulehu i ke kauwela, ʻoiai e iho mai ana nā pūʻulu hoʻomaha ma ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kahakai, akā mai makaʻu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nalu i ka hoʻoilo. Aia kekahi mau nalu ʻē aʻe ma ia wahi, akā ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi e like me ke kiko. He mau manawa no ka heenalu makani a me ka lupe ma ia wahi.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Torquay?
He maikaʻi kēia wahi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a me ka lua ma luna. Ua kūpono kēia wahi i nā hana holo moku, e like me nā papa lōʻihi, akā hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa ka lanakila ma ka papa pōkole i nā lā nui. He kūpono ʻo Torquay no nā pae heʻenalu a pau, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka poʻe hoʻomaka a me ka poʻe waena e ʻimi nei e hoʻomaikaʻi. Maikaʻi ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (6/10), akā naʻe i ke kauwela a me nā lā hoʻomaha, e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Torquay (8/10). Hoʻomaha ka hoʻoilo mai ka lehulehu. ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana ʻākau. ʻO ka ʻōhū mai ka Hema, Hikina Hema, a i ʻole Komohana Hema i hui pū ʻia me ke kai haʻahaʻa a me ke kai waena e hāʻawi i nā nalu maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiai ʻo kona kaulana kaulana, ʻoluʻolu ka wai ma ʻaneʻi a ma ke kauwela e pono ai ka 3/2 me ka mahana o ka wai i 16 degere i Pepeluali. I ka hoʻoilo, hāʻawi ʻia ka 4/3 i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mahana i kahi anuanu 12 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.