My father used to look for "queer water" u can find it at any point in the tide.
Waves breaking out further in certain areas usually means a bar At the each end of the bar there will be an area where the waves break right on shore. This will be deeper water right off the beach, and an entrance and exit for the water flowing through the trough-so in theory, the fish will be hanging on the downcurrent side, where the water is leaving the trough, setting up a feeding station.
Looking a piece of shoreline over and finding where the water moves or breaks different isn't hard to do, it's like looking for a ripline-
Eben is an expert at finding queer water
