Aia ma ʻO Oregon Hema, ʻo Coos Bay kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā wahi heʻenalu ma kahi i piha i nā kai kūʻono, nā kowa, a me nā estuaries (e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa e makaʻala a loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau nalu). E nānā ana kēia i ke kahakai nui, Bastendorff Beach. He maʻalahi nā nalu maʻaneʻi i ka heʻenalu a me ka haki ʻana a hiki i 50 mau mika, e hāʻawi ana i kekahi mau ʻāpana maikaʻi no ka hana. ʻO kēia haʻihaʻi kahakai ma kahi kokoke i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka Pākīpika NW he haumia iki, no laila e makaʻala.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Coos Bay?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻekolu ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i ka papa lōʻihi i ka wā liʻiliʻi a me ka papa pōkole ma kēia wahi ke ʻoi aku ka nui. He kūpono kēia kahakai no nā ʻano heʻenalu a pau ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻōhū. He nalu maʻamau ka nalu maʻaneʻi (5/10) a ʻaʻohe lehulehu (4/10). ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa mai ka Hikina Hema. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ka ʻĀkau, Northwest, Southwest, and West. Ke hana nei ma na au a pau.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻokomo i ka lole wai 5/4 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 13 degere. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu like i ka hoʻoilo ke hāʻule iki ka mahana o ka wai i 10 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.