You are right on about the surf! I spent 4 months on my honeymoon down there checking out the surf. I surfed killer breaks where I was the only person out! Tip: use google earth to plot your trip, print out photos and lable them with gps quards. you will need them! you can pay land owners to allow you to camp on the land near the break for almost nothing!
I surfed a place that was a cloud break right off the main road that no one had surfed or was surfing. you couldn't see it unless you looked over the tall weeds! it was sooooo good! perfect right tubes! 18' walls!