Khona kanye e-Orange County, Southern California, i-Huntington Pier igagasi elidume umhlaba wonke, elijabulisayo eliphula isihlabathi nhlangothi zombili zomgodi. Amanye amagagasi lapha angaba inselele futhi aphule amamitha angaba ngu-50, anikeze izigaba zokuphenduka nomoya. Kube nomlando omningi lapha, i-US Open of Surfing iba lapha minyaka yonke: umbukwane wonke kufanele ube khona okungenani kanye. Igagasi ngalinye ligqekeza esigxotsheni, kwesokunxele ohlangothini olusenyakatho namalungelo ohlangothini oluseningizimu. Lena indawo eyenza "ukudubula indawo" yaduma, nakuba singakukhuthazi ukuyizama ngaphandle kwesigqoko sokuzivikela nokugoqwa kwebhamuza.
Yiziphi izimo ezingcono kakhulu zokuntweza e-Huntington Pier?
Ihamba kahle phakathi kokhalo nokuphakama okuphindwe kathathu. Sincoma ibhodi elifushane lale ndawo. Amagagasi lapha abafaneleka kakhulu abatshuzi abaphakathi nendawo nabathuthukile. Ukusefa lapha kuyahambisana kahle (6/10) futhi kuzominyana kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ehlobo (8/10). Imimoya engcono kakhulu ivela eNyakatho-mpumalanga, ama-swells amahle kakhulu avela eNyakatho-ntshonalanga, eNingizimu, eNingizimu-ntshonalanga naseNtshonalanga. Isebenza kuwo wonke ama-tides kodwa ikhetha amazinga we-med.
Sincoma ukuthi ugqoke i-3/2 ehlobo lapho izinga lokushisa lamanzi likhuphuka libe ngamadigri amnandi angama-20. Ebusika i-4/3 ingase ikhethwe lapho izinga lokushisa lamanzi lehla lifika ku-15 degrees. Bona ishadi lezinga lokushisa elingezansi ukuze uthole idatha eyengeziwe kulokhu.