We use to travel from Boca Raton to Cocoa Beach to go surfing in my youth. Cocoa had the best surfing on Fla. Atlantic coast. Remember one of the first Ron Jon Surf shops in Cocoa.
I’m from Jax. Did you ever surf sharkpit which is very near Cocoa? It used to be a hotspot because the waves got pretty big due to the shoreline being a fairly sharp cove.