After riding a standup in the East coast surf for well over a decade, I'm getting more picky on ocean conditions. Sloppy days I'll either hang out on the island or race sitdowns WOT till I either fall off or win. I actually enjoy riding WOT for as long as I can in very choppy conditions...it really gets fun if I can time a double or two. Two months ago I partially ruptured (bruised?) my spleene in a bad WOT fall into a wave racing an RXP in 2'-3' chop.
Point is (for me), try to make the best (adapt) of poor conditions.