Before I got my kayak, I used to enjoy the half day boats occassionally when the reports are good. It's a fun activity. Drink beer, fish, meet people, eat whatever they are cooking in the galley, ask questions, learn things.
However, the fish reports from yesterday don't look so hot:
http://www.seaforthlanding.com/pages/fishcount.php
You can check the water and weather forecast here:
http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/...latest/six_day
I see you are coming down from Orange County. IMHO, launching at first light is the easiest time to catch bait. I usually just head to where I'm going and drag a sabiki behind me with a small iron or megabait as my weight. I buy sabiki's with a 30# main line because other more serious fish sometimes hit the lure I use at the bottom of the sabiki as my weight.