Waves here are crap. I went out in early April with my shorts and a rash guard 2 years ago. Didnt stay in long though, maybe 30 minutes at 1st street. With a full suit you could start in mid to late April. Anytime sooner and you might want to invest in some booties...at least. Hope you can catch something. If you go down to NC then maybe you might find something but nothing too clean. Just check out the surf report from one of the local shops.