[alanw]

Launch at Baby Beach (free), the Embarcadero ($10 all day), or Doheny ($1 per hour, $15 all day). I prefer the Embarcadero launch ramps, it's close to the harbor entrance and bait barge, and is an easy launch. Some rules apply if you want to launch from Doheny.

https://www.ocregister.com/2010/06/0...d-up-paddlers/

THE RULES

Doheny State Beach: Paddle-assisted vessels are permitted to launch from the area known as “Thor’s Hammer,” which is next to the lifeguard headquarters, extending southeast to the park boundary at Capistrano County Beach. Launching is prohibited everywhere else along the beach, and paddlers must be 1,000 feet into the water from the high-water mark if north of Thor’s Hammer.