hello as a requirement

here is a guy who risked to much  http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/19/2468869/mcneil-island-kayaker-dies-at.html.  One kayaker didnt make it back. I just wonder how often, and how big of seas people go out in.

Here is a great write up to get you going. Magic seaweed is also a good resource. I usually look at that and the NOAA forecast and average the two. If doing a surf launch I generally look for a 4 foot or less swell with a duration of 8 seconds or more and wind under 10 MPH. In some of the areas of the Sound you also have to be really mindful of the currents.
http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?page=38

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=45.19945769007778&lon=-123.98998260498047&site=pqr&unit=0&lg=&FcstType=text

http://magicseaweed.com/Ocean-Shores-Surf-Report/3813/

For currents and tides DeepZoom is a really neat tool.  I think it was Lee that first mentioned that site to me.

That will also give a lot of info on depths and bottom composition.  Helps to narrow down where to go especially when after lings/cabs/etc.

I think horny dolphin is a great name for a kayak.

We all die eventually .... might as well go out going something you love.

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I agree 97%

I've got ya beat youngster, I was fishing when the peanut farmer was running the show. Good to see these whipper-snappers launching their little plastic boats and rippin' some gills.

And oh yeah welcome welcome.

I'm visiting my son in CA and brought the fly rod I bought when JKF was President and I was a fishing guide in Yellowstone in 1963. Hope to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with some trout or bass. I don't think plastic kayaks were invented then so we had to bank fish, canoe or use aluminum boats.

Oh yeah, Welcome to the addiction.

Hello my name is Paul. I have been fishing the Pacific from Newport Ore to the mouth of the Columbia Via Ocean Kayak since I was 15 years old . I'm  now 36. Thank you dad for getting me into a awesome sport! I am new to this page and love to see how many other kayak fisherman are around. I was just going to say odds are if I make a trip to the coast i'm going to attempt getting out .Noted with proper cold water gear I feel way safer in my OK trident prowler 13 T than in any other boat! getting back into shore can be more of a challenge than getting out sometimes I'll baton down all my hatches with all my gear inside my boat wait for the smallest set and gun it for shore and when the wave is about to send you over I just hop out letting the boat go to shore without me avoiding all injury and I follow it in via life jacket body surf ps I normally  wear a helmet hope to see you all out on the water

Welcome aboard the site Paul.
 Hope to sea you out there.