Aia ma ka Outer Banks ma North Carolina, ʻo Cape Hatteras paha ka hoʻomaha kaulana loa ma kēia kahakai. He hoʻomaha maikaʻi ia e hāʻule ana ma luna o nā one i wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia mai nā welau o nā jetties kahiko. Hiki i nā nalu maʻaneʻi ke paʻakikī a haki a hiki i 100 mika. I ka lā maikaʻi, e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā pahu heʻe, i nā lā maikaʻi ʻole hiki i ka nalu. E makaʻala i nā mea a me nā ʻōpala i lawe ʻia mai e nā ʻino.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Cape Hatteras?
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi mai ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a i pālua i luna. He kūpono kēia hoʻomaha i ka wā liʻiliʻi no nā papa lōʻihi, akā inā nui ka papa pōkole a piʻi paha ka pāʻani. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia hoʻomaha no ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a kiʻekiʻe. Paʻa loa ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) a ma muli o kona kūlana kaulana i ka lehulehu (6/10). Mai ke komohana ʻĀkau a i ʻole komohana mai ka makani maikaʻi loa. Hiki mai nā ʻōhū maikaʻi mai nā ʻaoʻao he nui: ʻĀkau, Hikina ʻĀkau, Hikina, Hikina Hema, a me ka Hema, ʻoiai ua malu loa ia mai ka poʻe me ka ʻĀkau i loko o lākou. Hana ʻia ma nā kai a pau e pili ana i ke one.
Paipai mākou e hoʻohana i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 28 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai i 12 degere, e koi ana i ka 5/4 no kēlā me kēia manawa i loko o ka wai. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.