I also check what is coming in via the GEOS satellite . These links can help you plan a few days ahead of time. If that much looks good, I check the buoys. These buoy links are to the Florida State University site. If that site is down, try the NOAA National Data Buoy Center site - just change the last two numbers of the Buoy on the address line to get the buoy you want.
Emergency Contacts Forget about cell phones - no coverage out here.
Believe it or not, CB Channel 9 is still well covered out here. Hams can try the Mt. The entire area behind the 800 up to the top of the 1200 is landable. If you blow back, drift west to the open areas - usually no rotors. In soarable NW, you can slide East as far as the first small pond .