ʻO Ocean Beach (a i ʻole "The Beach" wale nō i nā kamaʻāina) aia ma ka palena o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kapalakiko a me ka Moana Pākīpika no ʻekolu mile. ʻO Ocean Beach kahi hoʻomaha kahakai honua i kona lā e hekili ana ma luna o nā kaola one i wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā kahakai kahakai maikaʻi loa ma ka honua, akā ʻoi aku ka ikaika. Ua kaumaha nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a i ka pau ʻana, e haki ana ma kahi o 100 mau mika e hāʻawi ana i nā lua hohonu, mānoanoa, a me ke anu no nā barela fiends. I ka wā ʻaʻole ia e paʻa, paʻa maikaʻi ia no ka huli ʻana a me ke kalai nui ʻana. Nui nā ʻāpana o ke kahakai e koho ai, a e ʻōlelo wale ka poʻe kamaʻāina i kahi ʻāpana ma ke ʻano he inoa alanui e kokoke ana iā ia a i ʻole kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā pōʻino ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia nā ʻauwai koʻikoʻi (i hoʻoulu ʻia e ke kai e hoʻopiha a hoʻokaʻawale i ka nui o ka wai mai Kapalakiko Bay), nā hoʻopaʻa lōʻihi, nā moe moe, ka nui o nā manō keʻokeʻo nui, a me ka wai hau. ʻAʻole kēia he kahakai e noʻonoʻo maʻalahi ai, i ka makahiki 2018 ua make ka heʻenalu ʻike ma ʻaneʻi, a ʻaʻole ia he nūhou mua i ka wā e make ai ka mea heʻenalu ʻole ma ʻaneʻi (hiki i ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui). Hoʻohana ka nalu i kēlā me kēia ʻano nui, haki wale ia i waho. E makaʻala he kaʻao ka hoe i waho, a ʻo ia ke kumu palena palena no ka lehulehu i nā lā nui.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Ocean Beach?
Mālama ʻo Ocean Beach i nā ʻōhū liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaka ana ma ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a hiki i kekahi nui. Pili nā mea hana i ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka ʻōhū: nā papa lōʻihi, nā papa pōkole, nā ʻanuʻu, a me nā pū e hana kēlā me kēia i ka lā kūpono ma aneʻi. Pēlā nō, hiki i ka poʻe hoʻomaka ke loaʻa i kekahi mea ma ʻaneʻi i nā lā liʻiliʻi akā pono e waiho i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena, kiʻekiʻe, a me nā mea heʻe nalu i ka wā e nui ai. ʻO ke kahakai ʻo Ocean Beach he mea hoʻohūhū a paʻa loa (7/10). He lōʻihi loa ke kahakai no laila e loaʻa mau ka piko ʻaʻohe kanaka, ʻoiai ma nā lā liʻiliʻi (4/10). I nā lā nui, ʻaʻole hopohopo ka lehulehu. ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa ke uwē nei i nā kahakai mai ka Hikina, ka mea maʻamau i ka hāʻule. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa ʻo West a me Northwest groundswells. Hana ke kahakai i nā au a pau, akā, ʻo ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kai e hoʻonui i ka hakahaka.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokomo i ka lole wai 4/3 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 14 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 5/4 ke hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 11 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.
