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Originally Posted by Lets_Fish
When launching through the surf, I always look down the shoreline to check the interval of sets and look for the "channel" to paddle/peddle through. Waves hit the beach diagonal not parallel for the most part, so by checking to your left or right you will notice the "line" of a wave approaching the beach.
When you locate the "channel" this is the area you want to head out through as it is the zone that takes the water back out from the beach. Some channels will be very small, so look for the area that does not braek as much as the other areas in the surf. If you watch some surfers entering the surf you will see them heading out using the channel for the most part.
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This is exactly what we did yesterday, we dragged our yaks a few yards south and although the wave action was still on the larger side they weren't as bad as the ones that were crashing right in front of the yak launch. When we landed we did the same thing, landed about 50yards south of the yak launch and dragged the yak over in knee high water.