Some of you guys might not be familiar with this, so I thought I'd tack it up on the board.
NOAA has a graphic forecast tool that's pretty nice. Here's the link. If you keep clicking on the map, it will keep zooming in where you want to look. Move your mouse over the catagories at the left and the map will change. It will show you wave height, wind, precipitation, etc. Then you can click through the hours and days.
Below is an example of the graphic you see.
This site has helped me plan my trips. Hope it helps somebody else 
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/gra...ornia.php#tabs