Love me surf fishing, I dont think it matters what lb braid you use if your tring your hardest to whip out your bait you'll cut your finger.Best thing to beat that is get a glove of some sort or a few good bandages.Lofty has a point with the kelp mosters but you sound like you wanted 30lb, still more than addiquite for mullies, sharks, rays and salmon as your reel cant give you no more than about 6kgs of drag on a good day.30lb more capacity, better bait presentation and a bit more distance on your cast