Ka Mana o ka Makani a me ke Kūlana o ke Kai
ʻO ka maopopo ʻana i ka ikaika o ka makani e pūholo ana, a me ke ʻano e hoʻopā ai kēlā makani i ka ʻilikai o ke kai, he mea koʻikoʻi nui ia, ʻaʻole wale no ka holo pono ʻana o ka waʻa, akā, no ka palekana o ka poʻe holo waʻa hoʻi. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā māhele o ke kai a me ka makani i hōʻike ʻia ma lalo iho nei ma luna o nā wehewehena kahiko Hawaiʻi no ke kai. Ua hoʻohana mākou i kēia mau wehewehena kahiko e hoʻohui ai i ka pilina i waena o kēlā ʻano ʻike kuʻuna a me ke ʻano hou o ka ana ikaika makani ma ka “miles per hour.”
Kānaʻi:
Nā ala ʻoluʻolu e like me nā alanui ma ka ʻili kai pāpaʻu a mālie.
Alania:
0 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — Mālie loa — ʻĀlike me ka
aniani ka ʻili kai.
Nao:
ʻAneane 1 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — He makani ʻānuenue, he hanu mālie hoʻi. Hoʻoluli iki wale i ka ʻili kai me nā ʻopiʻopi liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole naʻe ikaika e hoʻoneʻe i ka waʻa.
Hāuliuli:
Around 3 mph — a gentle, light breeze with slight strength. It raises small wavelets on the sea surface, their crests smooth and glassy in appearance, not yet breaking. The wind can just begin to move the canoe.
Owē:
ʻAneane 8 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — He makani ʻoluʻolu, he ʻea ʻākaʻaka hoʻi. Nui nā nalu liʻiliʻi i ka ʻili kai, hoʻomaka nā kualā e haki, a ʻālohilohi ke keʻokeʻo o nā kīʻoniʻoni ma waena o lākou. He makani maikaʻi kēia no ka holo ʻana me ka peʻa.
Hāluʻa:
ʻAneane 13 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — He makani waena, ikaika kūpono no ka holo ʻana me ka peʻa. ʻIke ʻia nā nalu liʻiliʻi e holo mau ana ma ka ʻili kai, a ua hoʻomaka e puka mau nā kualā keʻokeʻo, he mālie ke ʻano akā he ʻonipaʻa. He makani maikaʻi loa kēia no ka holo waʻa.
Kai ʻAhulu:
ʻAneane 18 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — He makani hou, ikaika a ʻoi aku ka paʻa. ʻO nā nalu waena, lōʻihi hoʻi, me ka huʻihuʻi o ka pahūpahū a me ka ʻupuʻupu o ka huʻihuʻi kai. He makani maikaʻi no ka holo ʻana, akā pono ke nānā pono a me ka mākaukau o ka poʻe hoʻokele.
Kūpikiʻō:
ʻAneane 25 ʻīniha lewa (mph) — He makani ikaika, he nalu nui hoʻi e kū aʻe ana me nā kualā keʻokeʻo a me ka pahū o ka huʻihuʻi kai. ʻO kekahi manawa e ʻālohilohi ana ka ʻili kai i ka peʻahi a me ke kahe ʻana o ka huʻihuʻi. He makani pilikia kēia no ka holo waʻa, pono e makaʻala nui ka poʻe hoʻokele.
