Can anybody give me any really good sites that explain the physics behind ocean waves?

You'll have to judge for yourself as to how good they are, but this link contains other links which my be helpful Click This

Here is another great site that describes the basic wave, and tells us why the waves on the West coast are bigger than the waves on the east coast (US)

It also has a bunch of great links at the bottom of the page.



Waves

hope this helps
-chris