Loaʻa ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻĀkau o Mendocino County ma Northern California, ʻo Virgin Creek kahi hoʻomaha kahakai leʻaleʻa e holo ana ma luna o kahi one. ʻO nā nalu maʻaneʻi he maʻalahi i ka heʻenalu, a ʻo ka ʻāpana no kahi 100 mika e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi no nā huli a me nā kalai.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Virgin Creek?
Loaʻa maikaʻi kēia wahi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a i pālua i luna. E hana ka papa lōʻihi ma ʻaneʻi inā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka papa pōkole i ka wā nui. Hiki ke loaʻa i nā pae a pau o nā heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi ma muli o ka nui o ka pehu. He nalu maʻamau ma ʻaneʻi (5/10) a ʻaʻole nui ka lehulehu (3/10). Aia ka makani Hikina ma kahakai, hana maika'i i ke kai waena, a hele mai nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana ʻĀkau, Komohana, a me ke komohana hema.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana i ka lole wetsuit 5/4 a puni ka makahiki. E lele ana ka mahana o ka wai ma waena o 13 degere i ke kauwela a me 11 degere i ka hoʻoilo. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.