Aia ma La Jolla, Kalana ʻo San Diego, Kalana Hema, ʻo Horseshoe kahi hoʻomaha ʻāʻī maikaʻi loa e pahū ana ma luna o kahi ʻāʻu pāpaʻu ʻoi. ʻO nā nalu maʻaneʻi he kaumaha, leʻaleʻa, a wikiwiki hoʻi mai ka lele ʻana a hiki i ka hopena. Haʻi ka nalu ma kahi o 50 mau mika, e hāʻawi ana i nā lua ākea a hohonu e pahū ai.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no ka Horseshoe?
Hoʻomaka maikaʻi ma ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka ʻekolu ma luna. Maikaʻi ka papa pōkole ma ʻaneʻi i ka wā liʻiliʻi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka piʻi ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ke kaomi ma mua o ke poʻo. ʻO ka Horseshoe he poʻe heʻenalu holomua wale nō ka haʻihaʻi, weliweli loa no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma muli o ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka hewa ma ka lele. He ʻōhū kikoʻī e hana ai, no laila, ʻaʻole kūlike kēia wahi (4/10). Eia nō naʻe, e huhū ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ka wā maikaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i kahi paʻakikī i ka maikaʻi a me ka huhū i ka laina ʻino loa (8/10). Puhi mai ka makani kahakai mai ka Hikina mai. Pono ka ʻōhū Komohana nui e haki maikaʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma waena o ke kai.
Paipai mākou i ke komo ʻana i ka lole wetsuit 3/2 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 20 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻo 4/3 ka ʻaʻahu i koho ʻia ke hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai i kahi anuanu 15 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.