I stumbled across this handout from NOAA explaining the new wave forecast terminology and reasoning. Thought that it would be good info for those who get their kayaks salty.

https://www.weather.gov/media/marine/Wave-Detail-Handout-WR-PAC.pdf

This looks like a good change. It will give detail on each primary swell component - direction and height for each prevailing spectra - rather than one lumped term.

The main change that will take some getting used to is reporting the wave height - it is double the amplitude which was what was reported previously.

Thanks for posting.