Thank you everyone. Your insights and expirences will help me and my family enjoy time on the lake. I agree it will fly by way to quick.
And as you describe the wave height to trough, I know what you mean. In the Long Island sound off the south west coast of fishers island is a place called the race. During tide change it can be 10ft top of wave to trough, three currents come together there and have no where to go but vertical. Upside is its one if the best spots on the whole east coast for striper fishing.
This is on a relatively calm day during slack tide ... Be there on a weekend at high tide and its crazy...
http://youtu.be/5y0tv3ICFRo