Welcome to the board and like they said R.E.I has classes all the time. Since you do not have a city listed it makes it a little harder to point you in the right direction. If you are close to Marina Del Rey go to mothers beach it is a protected area no waves and practice getting in and out of your yak also it is a nice area to paddle around.
We help with a kids kayak program during the summer and the last class of the summer we paddle from Mother Beach out to the ocean and do a beach landing then surf launch and paddle back.
Ray
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