I know that some of the success when fishing the bays and the surf is based on the tidal movement. I looked at the tide chart for Orange County (i.e. Newport Bay Entrance, Newport Pier, Huntington Harbor, etc.), but I have no clue what I am looking at.

Can someone explain to me what I should be looking for? And what are "ideal" tide conditions that I should be looking for. I think I missed some good action couple days ago from the full moon.

I am using www.freetidetables.com and came up with this:

http://www.freetidetables.com/sid/14556b3c/tf/tgi