Aia ma ka ʻĀkau o Los Angeles County, Kaleponi Hema, ʻo Latigo Canyon kahi wahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi e hāʻule ana ma luna o ka pōhaku a me ke one. ʻO nā nalu maʻaneʻi he maʻalahi loa i ka heʻenalu a me ka ʻili a hiki i 150 mika e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāpana maikaʻi no ka holo ʻana a me ka hauʻoli.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Latigo Canyon?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a me ke poʻo pālua. Manaʻo mākou i kahi papa lōʻihi ma ʻaneʻi, akā e hana ka papa pōkole ke ʻoi aku ka nui. Hiki i nā pae a pau o ka poʻe heʻenalu ke loaʻa ka lanakila ma ʻaneʻi. ʻAʻole kūlike ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (2/10) a no laila ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lehulehu ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe (6/10). Mai ka ʻĀkau mai ka makani maikaʻi loa a mai ka Hema a me ke komohana hema ka makani maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke kai haʻahaʻa.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi wetsuit 3/2 i ke kauwela ma ʻaneʻi ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 19 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 4/3 i ka wā e hāʻule ai ka mahana o ka wai i 14 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.