Dave, give Sandy Point (now that I have the place correctly spelled) a try...
from picture you can see surf on mild NW. It should go off quite nicely on a good NW, & beach has surf breaks near the channel (to marina) as they have to keep depth for boats.
There are 78 km of surf build up on NW wind. Go there on NW wind (23 knots+) at peak, there should be something...
here is a video of surf at sandy point (more like cherry point pier to me):
storm news:
http://kgmi.com/news/007700-wind-storm-update/
etc.