Aia ma ka hema o Mavericks ma loko o Half Moon Bay ma Central California ka Princeton Jetty. ʻAʻole ʻo Princeton Jetty kahi haʻihaʻi maikaʻi ʻole e kū ana ma luna o ka pōhaku a me ke one. Aia kahi haʻihaʻi kahakai ma ka hema o ka jetty pono'ī. Hiki ke paʻakikī ka nalu ma waho o ka uka, ʻo ka pae ʻana mai ka lele ʻana ma kahi o 50 mika. He maʻalahi ka heʻe nalu i ke kahakai, a maikaʻi no ka poʻe hoʻomaka.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Princeton Jetty?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a me ke poʻo pālua. E hana maikaʻi ka papa lōʻihi i ka wā liʻiliʻi (ʻo ka hapa nui o ka manawa) a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka papa pōkole i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka puka. ʻO nā wili ma ka ʻākau o ke kahakai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka haʻihaʻi kahakai i ka hema ka mea maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe hoʻomaka. ʻAʻole paʻa loa ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (4/10) akā paʻa loa i ka nui o nā lā (10/10). Mai ka Hikina ʻĀkau mai nā makani maikaʻi loa a mai ke komohana hema mai ka makani maikaʻi loa. Barela ma ke kai haahaa.
Paipai mākou e hoʻohana i kahi 4/3 i ke kauwela ma ʻaneʻi ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 15 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 5/4 ke hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 12 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.