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'''Nathan Cool''' creates custom marine [[weather forecasts|forecasting]] and surf predictions.<ref>''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', [[June 4]], [[2006]], Section C., <ref>''Ventura County Star'', [[August 17]], [[2007]], Lifestyle section, Page 1</ref><ref>''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', [[June 4]], [[2006]], Section C.</ref> is a self published author, and has been a guest speaker at [[Loyola Marymount|Loyola Marymount University]] and 
[[Scripps Institution of Oceanography|Scripps Institution of Oceanography]]<ref>http://nathancool.com/news.shtml</ref><ref>Ground Swell Society, SASIC, 2007</ref>

Cool is the Chief Forecaster for WetSand Inc. and founder of the forecasting service WaveCast. His affiliations include the [[American Meteorological Society]], the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], and the [[National Weather Association]].

==Media coverage==
Self-published through [[iUniverse]] as Nathan Todd Cool, he is the author of ''The WetSand WaveCast Guide to Surf Forecasting'', the world’s firsta comprehensive book on surf forecasting.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} He is also the author of ''Cherished Memories'', ''Rhythm of the Ocean'', and ''The Four Keys to Successful Design'', which received the Editors Choice Award from iUniverse.

Cool is also the author of ''Is it Hot in Here'', a book on climate change, which was adopted as part of the Earth Sciences curriculum at [[Loyola Marymount|Loyola Marymount University]] in 2007.<ref>John Dorsey, Ph.D., Marine Biologist and Natural Sciences Professor, LMU</ref>⏎
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Cool has been featured in various periodicals including the ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'', the ''[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]'', ''Ventura County Star'', and Conejo Valley's Acorn. 

Since the mid 1990s, Cool has been a regular guest on the Surf Talk Radio Network, which has had a listening audience throughout central and southern [[California]] and [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Hawaii]], providing long-range seasonal forecasts.

==WaveCast history==
Cool lived in the [[Midwest]] before moving to California in the mid 1980s. Once in California, he picked up surfing and decided to fill the void of information that could accurately and affordably predict surf conditions to maximize quality time while surfing.<ref>WetSand author bio, www.wavecast.com/guide/author.shtml</ref> 

In the late 1990s, Cool founded his initial forecasting service WaveCast. Combining his engineering skills and ocean wave principles, he developed an accurate method for forecasting surfing conditions.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} that is still in use today.<ref>WetSand.com, SoCal, NCal, CCal, and Central America reports</ref>

Cool’s approach brought the latest technology on the Internet into the hands of many surfers. Starting as a pay service, WaveCast quickly became a popular forecasting service for Southern California, providing members with inexpensive, accurate forecasts,<ref>Marc Kent, Surf Talk Radio Network, interview June 1999</ref> and received accolades throughout various local media including Marc Kent’s Let’s Talk Surfing. 

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In recent times, Cool has given fair warning to areas of [[Central America]] for damaging surf from unusually large southern hemisphere storms, in particular, one that formed under [[Easter Island]] with 40-50 foot seas that brought 20+ foot (>6.2 m) waves to beaches in [[Costa Rica]], and larger surf around [[Peru]].
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Along with these storm forecasts, Cool has also provided seasonal forecasts, including a "State of our Surf" report.<ref>''Los Angeles Daily News'', [[June 3]], [[2006]], "Summer's looking swell for LA"</ref>

Cool is recognized as one of the first surf forecasters tohas designed and develop unique automation software that can predict wind and wave height information worldwide.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} Utilizing various buoy data and raw modeling input parameters, Cool's software has assisted in the creation of various swell models.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}<ref>Swell Watch system, WetSand, Inc.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nathancool.com/ NathanCool.com]


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