Ma ʻaneʻi ma The Ocean Foundation, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i ka mana o ka moana a me kāna mau hopena kilokilo i nā kānaka a me ka honua. ʻO ka mea nui aku, ma ke ʻano he kahua kaiāulu, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e pili ana ko mākou kaiāulu i nā mea a pau e hilinaʻi nei i ke kai. ʻO ʻoe kēlā! No ka mea, ʻaʻohe o kou wahi e noho ai, pōmaikaʻi nā kānaka a pau mai ke kai maikaʻi a me nā kahakai.

Ua noi mākou i kā mākou limahana, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ko mākou kaiāulu, e haʻi iā mākou i kā lākou punahele punahele no ka wai, ka moana, a me nā kahakai - a no ke aha lākou e hana nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kai no nā ola āpau ma ka honua. Eia kā lākou i ʻōlelo ai:


ʻO Frances me kāna kaikamahine a me kāna ʻīlio i loko o ka wai

"Ua makemake mau au i ka moana, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ia mea ma o ka maka o kaʻu kaikamahine ua ʻoi aku koʻu makemake i ka pale ʻana."

ʻO Frances Lang

ʻO Andrea he pēpē ma kahakai

“No ka lōʻihi o koʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, aia koʻu ʻohana hoʻomaha ma ke kahakai, kahi aʻu i ʻike ai i ka makani moana no ka manawa mua ma ka ʻōpio ʻelua mahina. I kēlā me kēia kauwela, e kaʻa mākou no nā hola lōʻihi ma ka hema o Buenos Aires ma hope o Río de la Plata, ka muliwai e hui ana me ka Moana ʻAkelanika. Noho mākou ma kahakai i ka lā a pau e holoi ʻia e ka nalu. ʻOliʻoli loa māua me koʻu kaikuahine i ka pāʻani ʻana ma kahi kokoke i kahakai, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia koʻu makuakāne i kanu hohonu i ke one me kona poʻo wale nō i waho. ʻO ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo e ulu ana ma ke kai: ka hoe ʻana ma ka Pākīpika, ka luʻu ʻana ma Patagonia, ka hahai ʻana i nā haneli iʻa, ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ka orcas, a me ka holo ʻana i nā wai o Antarctica. Me he mea lā ʻo koʻu wahi kūikawā loa ia.

ANDREA CAPURRO

ʻO Alex Refosco i kona wā kamaliʻi me kāna papa boogey uliuli, e kīloi ana i kona mau lima i ka lewa a kū i ka moana.

“Laki wau i ka ulu ʻana ma ka moana ma Florida a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i kahi manawa i noho ʻole ai ke kahakai noʻu. Ua aʻo au i ka ʻauʻau ma mua o koʻu hiki ʻana i ka hele wāwae a ʻo ka nui o kaʻu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa i koʻu wā kamaliʻi ʻo koʻu makuakāne e aʻo mai iaʻu i ka heʻenalu kino a i ʻole ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā ma ka wai me koʻu ʻohana. I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, hoʻopau wau i ka lā a pau i ka wai a i kēia lā ʻo ke kahakai kekahi o kaʻu wahi punahele ma ka honua.

Alexandra Refosco

He pēpē ʻo Alexis ma ke kua o kona makuakāne, me ka wai ma hope

“Eia kekahi kiʻi o aʻu me koʻu makuakāne i ka makahiki 1990 ma Pender Island. 'Ōlelo mau au ua like ka moana me ka home ia'u. I nā manawa a pau aʻu e noho ai ma laila, ʻike wau i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka 'pololei,' ʻaʻohe wahi o ka honua aʻu e noho ai. Ma muli paha o koʻu ulu ʻana me ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana nui o koʻu ola, a i ʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka mana o ka moana no kēlā me kēia kanaka."

Alexis Valauri-Orton

ʻO Alyssa ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi, e kū ana ma kahakai

“Ke hoʻomanaʻo mau nei kaʻu mau hoʻomanaʻo mua o ke kai i ka manawa i hoʻohana ʻia me ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha maikaʻi. He wahi kūikawā i loko o koʻu puʻuwai piha i nā hoʻomanaʻo aloha no ke kanu ʻana i nā hoaaloha i ke one, ka ʻauʻau boogie me koʻu mau kaikunāne, ʻauʻau koʻu makuakāne ma hope oʻu i koʻu hiamoe ʻana ma luna o kahi lana, a me ka noʻonoʻo nui ʻana i ka mea e ʻauʻau ai a puni mākou i ka wā. ʻauʻau nui mākou i hiki ʻole ke hoʻopā hou aku i ka honua. Ua hala ka manawa, ua loli ke ola, a i kēia manawa ke kahakai kahi e hele ai kaʻu kāne, kaʻu kaikamahine, ka ʻīlio, a me aʻu e hoʻolimalima manawa maikaʻi me kekahi. Moeʻo wau no ka lawe ʻana i kaʻu kaikamahine liʻiliʻi i nā wai kai i kona wā e ʻelemakule ai e hōʻike iā ia i nā mea ola āpau e ʻike ai ma laila. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ma ke kai a manaʻolana e mālama ʻo ia e like me mākou.

Alyssa Hildt

ʻO Ben i kona wā kamaliʻi e waiho ana i ke one me ka ʻakaʻaka, me kahi bākeke ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma hope ona

“ʻOiai ʻo Lake Michigan koʻu 'moana' (kahi aʻu i hoʻohana nui ai i loko), hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kai no ka manawa mua ma kahi huakaʻi ʻohana i Florida. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e huakaʻi nui ai i koʻu wā e ulu ana, akā ʻo ke kai, he wahi hoihoi ia e kipa aku ai. ʻAʻole wale ka maʻalahi o ka lana ʻana i ka moana me nā loko wai maʻemaʻe, akā ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka maʻalahi o nā nalu i ka papa boogie. E hoʻolimalima wau i nā hola e hopu ai i ke kahakai a hiki i ka uhi ʻia ʻana o koʻu ʻōpū i ke ahi a he ʻeha ke neʻe.

BEN SCHEELK

ʻO Courtnie Park ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi ʻōpio e pīpī ana i ka wai, me kahi ʻāpana pepa ma luna o ke kiʻi e ʻōlelo ana "Aloha ʻo Courtnie i ka wai!"

“E like me kaʻu ʻōlelo a koʻu makuahine, makemake mau wau i ka wai a makemake wau i kēia manawa e hana e pale aku. Eia wau ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi e pāʻani ana i ka wai o Lake Erie”

Pāka ʻo Courtnie

ʻO Fernando i kona wā kamaliʻi, e ʻakaʻaka ana

"ʻO wau i ka makahiki 8 ma Sydney. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā ma ka lawe ʻana i nā ferry a me nā waʻa holo a puni ke awa ʻo Sydney, a me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa nui ma ke kahakai ʻo Bondi, ua hoʻokūpaʻa i koʻu aloha i ke kai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, makaʻu loa wau i ka wai ma Sydney Harbor no ka mea he anuanu a hohonu - akā mahalo mau wau iā ia. "

FERNANDO BreTOs

ʻO Kaitlyn a me kona kaikuahine e kū ana a ʻakaʻaka me he kamaliʻi ma ke kahakai ʻo Huntington

“ʻO kaʻu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo mua o ka moana ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pūpū coquina clam liʻiliʻi a me ka huki ʻana i nā kelp i holoi ʻia ma kahakai o Kaleponi i nā hoʻomaha ʻohana. I kēia mau lā, ʻike wau he mea kupanaha ka kuha ʻana o ka moana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi iā ia iho ma kahakai - hāʻawi ia i ka ʻike i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana o nā kai kokoke a me ke ʻano o ka lalo, ma muli o ka nui o nā limu liʻiliʻi, nā ʻāpana ʻāpana, nā ʻāpana ʻākoʻakoʻa, crustacean molts, a i ʻole nā ​​pūpū snail i waiho ʻia ma kahakai.

Kaitlyn Lowder

ʻO Kate ʻoiai he kamaliʻi ma kahakai me kahi bākeke ʻōmaʻomaʻo

“Noʻu, he wahi kapu a ʻuhane ke kai. Ma laila wau e hele ai e hoʻomaha, e hana i kaʻu mau hoʻoholo paʻakikī loa, e kanikau i ka nalowale a me ka loli a e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā hauʻoli nui o ke ola. Ke pā mai ka nalu iaʻu, manaʻo wau e hāʻawi mai ana ke kai iaʻu i ka 'lima kiʻekiʻe' e hoʻomau i ka hele."

KATE KILLERLAIN MORRISON

Ke kōkua nei ʻo Katie i ka hoʻokele waʻa i kona wā kamaliʻi ma Ford Lake

“ʻO koʻu aloha i ke kai mai koʻu aloha i ka wai, hoʻolilo i koʻu wā kamaliʻi ma nā muliwai o Missouri a me nā loko o Michigan. Laki wau i kēia manawa i ka noho ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kai, akā ʻaʻole e poina i koʻu aʻa!”

ʻO Katie Thompson

Lily i kona wā kamaliʻi e nānā ana i ka wai

“Mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ua makaʻala au i ke kai. ʻO nā mea a pau e pili ana i ia mea ua hoihoi iaʻu a ua huki ʻia kēia mea pohihihi i ke kai. Ua ʻike au he pono iaʻu e ʻimi i ka ʻoihana ma ka ʻepekema moana a ua kahaha maoli au i nā mea a pau aʻu i aʻo ai. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kēia kahua ʻo ia ke aʻo mau nei mākou i kahi mea hou e pili ana i ke kai i kēlā me kēia lā - ma ko mākou manamana wāwae!

LILY Rios-Brady

ʻO Michelle i kona wā kamaliʻi, ma ka ʻaoʻao o kona kaikuahine māhoe a me kona makuahine ʻoiai lākou a pau e hoʻokuke ana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ma waho ma ke ala ala o ke kahakai ʻo Rehobeth.

“I ka ulu ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻomaha ʻohana i kahakai he hana hoʻomana makahiki. He nui kaʻu mau hoʻomanaʻo kupanaha e pāʻani ana i ke one a me ka papa alanui papa, e lana ana i loko o ka wai, a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka stroller a kokoke i kahakai.

ʻO Michelle Logan

ʻO Tamika i kona wā kamaliʻi, e nānā ana i ka wailele ʻo Niagra

“I koʻu wā kamaliʻi ma Niagara Falls. Pīhoihoi au i nā moʻolelo o ka poʻe e hele ana ma luna o ka wailele i loko o ka pahu.

Tamika Wakinekona

“Ua ulu au ma kahi kūlanakauhale mahiʻai liʻiliʻi ma ke awāwa waena o Kaleponi, a ʻo kekahi o kaʻu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa ʻo ko mākou ʻohana e holo ana i ke Kaiwaenahonua o Kaleponi mai Cambria a i Morro Bay. E hele wāwae ana ma kahakai, e ʻimi ana i nā loko o ke kai, e ʻohi ana i ka jade, e kamaʻilio pū me nā lawaiʻa ma nā uwapo. ʻAi ʻana i ka iʻa a me ka ʻōpala. A ʻo kaʻu mea punahele, ke kipa ʻana i nā sila.

Mark J. Spalding


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