Does anyone know if there is some sort of archive for bouy data online? I dont think swell info has any such resource
You can find recent data for each station on NDBC http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41002 but also historical for each station is found by scrolling to the bottom of the station page and clicking on "Historical Data and Climatic Summaries" link. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_history.php?station=41002 OR If you don't know the station number use the classic maps >> historical to choose your region of interest. Hope this helps.
You can also get it through the weather underground's marine weather section. click your region, then a buoy. There you can select a date (it only goes back so far). It gives you a nice graph and table. http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/
or from the magicseaweed.com site that we all know and love =) Data is questionable, but the output is very easy to read.