Eyona ndawo inomtsalane eSri Lanka yiArugam Bay efihlakeleyo nengaqhelekanga. Yindibaniselwano enkulu yemfezeko yetropikhi, ukukrazulwa kokusebenza okuphezulu, iityhubhu ngamaxesha athile, kwaye kulula ukufunda kunye nobuchule obuphakathi.
Ukuqala ngoMeyi ukuya ehlotyeni ukuya kutsho ngoNovemba iArugam bay ifumana i-surfing encinci engaguqukiyo. Ukudumba okukhulu kunokufikelela ngaphezulu kabini. Ukudumba okuvela eSoutWest Monsoon kujikeleza incam esemazantsi eSri Lanka. Imihlaba yexesha elide ukusuka kwizide ezisezantsi zoLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya zifika zisuka kuMazantsi naseMazantsi Mpuma. Ulwalwa lwe-limestone phezulu kwindawo yayikhe yaba yi-coral reef. Kuyanceda ukubambisa isanti kunye nefenitshala ulonwabo lweemitha ezingama-500 kunye nokusetyenzwa ngasekunene ukuxobula intlabathi kwibhayi.
Phezulu kwindawo apho iliza liqhekeza isanti kunye nolwalwa. Iyakhawuleza kwaye ihlala imiphanda. Njengoko ijikeleza ikona kwaye iphantsi kwinqanaba iguqula ibe ludonga oluqhekezayo njengoko imigca. Ngaphandle kokudumba okungaqhelekanga ukufikelela kuluhlu oluphezulu oluphindwe kabini, i-Arugam Bay iliza elilula. Kumaza aphantsi ulwalwa luqala ukubonakala. Inokuba bukhali, kwaye kukho ukumila kwamatye ekufuneka uyilumkele.
Udumo luka-Arugam lokuzonwabisa, ukudlala, amaza kwindawo engaqhelekanga, iguqulela kwizihlwele ezikhulu. Abaqhubi be-surfer basekhaya bane-wave edayiweyo kwaye kukho ukuhamba okuqhubekayo kwee-rippers zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nee-surfer zazo zonke izakhono. Ukuphepha izihlwele umntu unokusefa kwangethuba xa kukho isigulo sasekuseni kunye nobuso obunamaqhuma. Ngentsimbi yethoba kusasa kuba kunxweme kwaye, kude kube sebusuku kakhulu okanye emini emaqanda kudla ngokugcwala. Xa impepho yemihla ngemihla yolwandle ivuthuza isuka emaZantsi okanye eMazantsi-mpuma amacandelo angaphandle angaphezulu kwendawo anokuvuthuza kancinane, kodwa njengoko uninzi lweendawo lugqabhuka, lunokusefuza imini yonke. Ilanga leetropiki linamandla kakhulu apha. Qinisekisa ukuba une-sunscreen eninzi kwiiseshoni zasemva kwemini. Kukho i-cafe enomthunzi wesundu phezulu kwinqanaba elenza ukuba ukubuyela kwindawo ibe nomtsalane ngakumbi ngamanye amaxesha kune-paddle ende.
