Aia ma ka Bukit Peninsula, ʻo Uluwatu ka puʻuwai o ka heʻenalu ma Bali. Pono e ʻike i kahi huakaʻi inā ʻoe e kipa i kēia mokupuni nani. Maikaʻi nō hoʻi inā liʻiliʻi ka heʻenalu no ka mea he mea mau ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi. He mea maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana ma luna o 100 mau mea heʻenalu i loko o ka wai no laila e mākaukau e haggle no ke kūlana. He ʻākoʻa nui ʻo Uluwatu e hāʻawi ana i nā holo kaʻa lima hema i ʻehā mau ʻāpana.
ʻO nā luakini, ʻo ka mamao loa i ka hoe akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā holo maikaʻi a hiki i 100m ka lōʻihi. Hiki ke mānoanoa a kaumaha nā barela ma ʻaneʻi! Heʻuʻuku ka lehulehu o ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi.
Hiki i ka Peak, ka mea makamae i ka lei aliʻi o Uluwatu, hiki ke paʻa i 15 kapuaʻi (ʻekolu ma luna o ke poʻo). E like me ka inoa i hōʻike ʻia, hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i kahi piko i hoʻokumu maikaʻi ʻia a i nā ʻōhū maikaʻi e paʻa ai nā nalu a hiki ke hāʻawi i nā barela hohonu a lōʻihi i ka wā e pili ana ka nalu i ka ʻāpana aʻe. Ma ke kai akau a me ka nui e hiki ai ke holo i ka heihei. E mākaukau no ke kūʻai ʻana no ke kūlana me kahi pūʻulu heʻenalu akamai.
Hoʻomaka maoli ka Racetrack reef e hana maikaʻi mai 4-6 kapuaʻi (overhead +). Hiki ke hāʻawi i nā barela mānoanoa mai ka lele ʻana, nā holo lōʻihi ma mua o 150m a me nā ʻāpana wackable. E makaʻala i ke kai e kali ana ma lalo o ʻoe. E makaala no ka pauku hope e lawelawe ana i na barela ku epic ma luna o kahi papa papau.
Ma waho o ke kihi, e hoʻomaka ana e haki i ka 6-8 a ʻo ia ka ʻāʻī waho o The Racetrack. ʻAʻole like me ka hakahaka akā e lawelawe ana i nā pā nui no ka ʻoi aku o 150m.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Uluwatu?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka umauma kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻekolu ma luna. Paipai mākou i ka holo ʻana i kahi papa pōkole, e piʻi i luna, a laila ʻo kāu mea alualu rhino i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā ʻōhū. Ua kūpono ʻo Ulu i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena, holomua, a ʻoihana. ʻO ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi he kūpaʻa loa (9/10) a piha loa (8/10). Mai ka Hikina, Hikina-Akau, a me ka Hikina Hema mai ka makani maikai, e like me ka aoao o ka papa. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ka Hema, Hikina Hema, a me ke komohana hema. E hana ana kekahi mea i kēlā me kēia au.
Paipai mākou e hoʻohana i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini a puni ka makahiki. Mai ka 29 a hiki i ka 25 makahiki a puni ka mahana o ka wai. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.