Aia ma Sonoma County ma Northern California, ʻo Dillon Beach kahi hoʻomaha kahakai maʻamau e hāʻule ana ma luna o ke one. ʻO nā nalu maʻaneʻi he maʻalahi ka heʻenalu a me ka haki ʻana a hiki i 50 mau mika e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi no nā huli a me nā kalai. He manō kēia wahi, e nīnau i kekahi kanaka lawaiʻa ma ia wahi a loaʻa iā lākou kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i kahi hālāwai hohonu o ke kai ma ka Shark Pit: kahi hāʻule hohonu kaulana ma kahi o 1/2 mile mai ke kahakai. He wehewehe pono'ī ka inoa.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no ke kahakai ʻo Dillon?
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi ma waena o ka umauma kiʻekiʻe a i pālua i luna. Paipai mākou i ka holo ʻana i ka papa lōʻihi a i ʻole ka papa pōkole ma muli o ka nui. Hiki i ke kahakai ʻo Dillon ke loaʻa kekahi mea no nā pae heʻenalu āpau. He mea maikaʻi ka wai keʻokeʻo no ka poʻe hoʻomaka i ke kai kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi ʻano paʻa loa (6/10) a loaʻa iā ia nā poʻe holo kaʻa i ka wā e haki ai (6/10). Akā, mai hopohopo he nui nā wahi no kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa no ke kahakai ʻo Dillon he pololei hikina. Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe ke kai maikaʻi loa, a mai ke Komohana mai nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka 5/4 ka mea maikaʻi loa a puni ka makahiki. Piʻi ka mahana o ka wai ma kahi o 13 degere i ke kauwela a hāʻule ma kahi o 11 degere i ka hoʻoilo. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.