lowpro: I can sum up the launch conditions in one picture (below)
The 'secret' is that you must launch in the 10-yard stretch at the very
South end of this beach! And yes, the
other end of the beach had
kayaker-terrifying 6 foot shorebreak ... Notice all the surfers (black dots)
in this photo, in the distance, waiting for 6-8' waves. I've said before,
I don't launch into waves over 2', I'd be surfing that day!