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No, the boat launch area is a designated area, also the surf is smaller in that area which is why it was picked as the launch by the city long, long ago. The area by the parking lot is strictly swimming, a little north of that is surfing. The life guard would stop you or ticket you if you did it during times when there are a lot of people there. If you launch at first light there would be few if anyone there but again the surf is higher. I you want to use that parking lot you can wheel the kayak down to the launch area using the boardwalk and back again after landing, it a little over 1000' distance. On Avenida de la Playa if you don't want to drive onto the sand the is some 15 minute curve parking for unloading/loading, then you would drive to a parking area. The parking lot can be a pain when coming back and trying to load your stuff in a regular space with other cars along side by side.