Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An sanya yankin da ke bayan bakin rairayin bakin teku na Makalawena a matsayin National Natural Landmark a shekarar 1972. An san rafin da ake kira Ōpaeula Pond (Hawaiian don "ja shrimp") kuma ya kasance wurin wani ƙaramin ƙauyen masunta da aka shafe shi a cikin tsunami na 1946
Ka yi haƙuri. Yankunan da ke cikin ruwa suna samar da ɗayan ragowar wuraren da ake yin gidaje na "āeo" (Hawaiian stilt, "Himantopus mexicanus knudseni"), da "alae keokeo" (Hawaiian coot, "Fulica alai"), da kuma kawai sanannen yankin kiwo na "aukuu" (ƙaramin kambi na dare, "Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli") a Hawaii. Tafkin yana cikin haɗin kai a cikin yankin mallakar masu zaman kansu tsakanin sassan biyu na wurin shakatawa na jihar.