Welcome to the nut-house Rob. I can't offer much about the surf. I wait till the reports are off-the-hook before strolling down to catch fish in the afternoon. Still trying to wangle my way in to the finchaser intel chain. My best times in the surf were when the sand eels were at island beach. Otherwise I would rather catch them from a boat. Nice guys on the site you can learn a lot from them though. Look forward to your posts.