Galveston Bay marine forecast
www.wunderground.com/MAR/GM/335.html
Current conditions. Click on location to get a graph
http://www.ikitesurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=146®ionProductID=1&timeoffset=0
Offshore forecasts
http://www.weather.gov/om/marine/zone/wrdoffmz.htm
Pilot Charts for FREE!! They contain data from the past 100 or so years so it really doesn't matter if they're a couple of years old.
http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_apc_sections.html?rid=10499
Tides
Water Levels
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tides04/tab2ec4.html#110
More Detailed tides info.
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/monitor.html
Local information
Houston Ship channel info.
http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/so/
ICW locks and floodgate info.
http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Locks/LockStatus.asp
Galveston Bay info.
http://www.betterbay.org/html/home.html
Other Good Links
USCG Local Notice to Mariners and Nav Rules online
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/navrules/navrules.htm
A great website to learn all the basics of safe operation
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/boating/index.htm
Clear Lake area businesses
http://photohome.com/clearlake
PHRF ratings for racers on Galveston Bay
Tall ships are always cool
http://tallships.sailtraining.org/
Everything Nautical you can imagine
http://www.boat-links.com/boatlink.html