I noticed there's a lot of readers out there. John said it would be ok to put a URL up here, where there's a great variety of titles related to surf fishing, and the nice thing about asking for a book for Xmas is hopefully you get exactly what you asked for. I haven't bought thru it so I don't necesarily promote the URL site, but it gives a pretty expansive list of titles and a description of them. Of course some of the reviews I've seen posted on s-b.com exceed any book jacket or professional review. Keep posting, my list is at ten and growing.
http://www.bassdozer.com/books/surf_fishing_books.shtml