It took a lot longer than expected but the the ocean waves plugin is now available for max9 (32 and 64 bit).
Download it here
It seems Max2009 plugins are once again incompatible with previous versions. So the 2k9 version is “under construction”.
This time they found a new trick to annoy us programmers: Switching compilers! “The sdk hasn’t changed!!111” but you’ll have to recompile it anyway!
Oh and they’re called Kinetix Discreet Autodesk now I think.