Aia ma kahi o Long Island ma New York, ʻo Fire Island kahi mokupuni pale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā kahakai one e hāʻawi ana i nā nalu kahakai nui. Aia ma kahi o 30 mau mile ka lōʻihi o ke kahakai ma ʻaneʻi, e hāʻawi ana i nā nalu ʻāwīwī a ikaika e haki ana a hiki i 100 mika. E lawe mai i 4WD e makaikai i na ha'i a me na nalu he nui ma keia kahakai.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Fire Island?
Loaʻa maikaʻi mai ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka ʻekolu ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kāu papa lōʻihi i ka wā liʻiliʻi a me kāu papa pōkole i ka wā nui. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mokupuni ʻo Fire Island i ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a kiʻekiʻe. Paʻa loa ka nalu ma ʻaneʻi (6/10) a ʻaʻole paʻa loa (3/10). ʻO ka ʻōhua maikaʻi loa mai ka Hikina, Hema, a me ka Hikina Hema. Pili ka makani ma waho o ka ʻāpana o ka mokupuni āu e noho nei, akā ʻo ka Northwest kahi koho maikaʻi. Hoʻohana nā ʻāpana like ʻole i nā kai like ʻole.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 23 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi wetsuit 5/4 hooded me nā booties a me nā mīkina lima no ka wai 4-degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.