Came across this link today that shows wind direction + knts on a map. You can look ahead a couple of days to see how it looks and changes up and down the coast. Other features is that you can zoom in and play the animation.
Link: www.bom.gov.au/marine/wind.shtml
same sort of thing just a bigger picture
www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=sindi_slp
and the east coast
www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=spac_slp