Aia ma ka ʻĀkau-komohana o Maui, ʻo Hookipa kahi hoʻomaha ʻākoʻa maikaʻi loa me ka lalo o ke koʻa. Pono nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi i kahi mākau heʻenalu a hiki ke haki a hiki i 200 mika, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāpana leʻaleʻa no nā hana. He makani nui loa me ka makani kea kahakai akā ke māmā ka makani e ʻā ana.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Hookipa?
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi ma waena o pālua a ʻekolu ma luna. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kāu papa pōkole maʻamau a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i ka wā nui ma aneʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o Hookipa i nā mea heʻenalu waena a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Kūlike ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) a hiki ke piʻi ka lehulehu (10/10). ʻO nā makani maikaʻi loa no Hookipa ʻo ka Hikina Hema. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ka Hikina, North, Northeast a me Northwest.
Manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini, a me ka lole wetsuit i ka makani ikaika, i ke kauwela me ka mahana o ka wai mehana he 27 degere ma Kepakemapa. I ka hoʻoilo, paipai mākou e hoʻokomo i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini, a me ka lole ʻauʻau i ka makani ikaika me ka mahana he 24 degere! E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.