Most phone companies have local weather reports which include surf and coastal conditions. The best way to get the most up to date weather is on a weather radio, sometimes known as the weather cube. A company called Realistic makes several brands of weather radios and they are quite inexpensive. One brand of radio besides giving local weather forecast will broadcast Greenwich Mean Time, this radio is a must if you 're into celestial navigation. Other places to get the weather might be sporting good stores or even the internet.
Good sailors are always careful about weather.
No matter what the local forecast says or how confident you are, it is always a good idea to look up to the sky for yourself. The old timers even made up rhymes. A red sunset usually means clear, dry air. A red dawn can mean rain. Another fun way to check the weather is to learn how to read a barometer, when it falls rapidly, wet weather or a storm is coming.