Aia ma ka ʻākau o Santa Cruz ma Central California, ʻo Scott Creek kahi hoʻomaha ʻāʻī leʻaleʻa e hāʻule ana ma luna o kahi pōhaku. He mea paʻakikī ke paio ʻana i nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi, ka haki ʻana a me ka pahu ʻana a hiki i 100 mika. Hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻāʻu ma ʻaneʻi i ka nui a ʻike maikaʻi ʻia no kona ʻano ma nā ʻōhū nui o ka hoʻoilo. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka haʻihaʻi kahakai ma ka ʻaoʻao Hema ma nā ʻōhū liʻiliʻi komohana hema a e hāʻawi pū kekahi i nā barela.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Scott Creek?
Hoʻomaka maikaʻi ka papa ma waena o ka umauma kiʻekiʻe a me ka lua ma luna. Manaʻo mākou i ka papa lōʻihi no ka hoʻomaha kahakai i nā lā liʻiliʻi, a me kahi papa pōkole a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana no ke kai. Ua kūpono ʻo Scott Creek i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a me ka holomua. He nalu maʻamau e heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (5/10) akā hiki ke piha loa i kona lā (7/10). Hiki mai nā makani maikaʻi loa mai ka Hikina mai. Hana nā haʻi i nā au a pau. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa no ka ʻaʻa ʻana, ʻo ia ka ʻĀkau Komohana a i ʻole ke Komohana, a ʻo nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa no ka haʻihaʻi kahakai he liʻiliʻi a he wahi hema i loko o lākou.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi wetsuit 4/3 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 15 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, pono ka 5/4 i ka wā e hāʻule ai 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.