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Nathan Cool, Surf Forecasting Pioneer
[[Image:Nathancool.jpg|left|Nathan Cool]]

Nathan Cool has been recognized as a leading pioneer in long range marine forecasting and surf prediction.<ref>Santa Cruz Sentinel, June, 4, 2006, Section C.</ref>

Working as the Chief Forecaster for WetSand Inc. and founder of the forecasting service WaveCast, Nathan's affiliations include the American Meteorological Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Weather Association.

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The goals were high, but not insurmountable. After many attempts and offers, Nathan decided to team up with WetSand, a new one of a kind portal for the surfing community. The amalgamation was a hit. The business model was conducive to providing free forecasts, and the combined expertise brought the availability of demographic expansion while placing crucial information regarding coastal conditions in the hands of surfers around the globe. 



==Forecasting Achievments==
During the El Nino of 1997-1998, when Internet WAM models were still in their infancy, and doubted by many using them for more than 60 hour projections, Nathan forewarned that an ominous system could be headed to the California coast, bringing with it surf that could reach over 20 feet in Southern California. Taking no chances, the Port Authority at Port San Luis released its boats prior to Nathan's forecasted arrival for the excessively large wave heights, and was honored to receive an email of thanks from the Port Authority for his accurate predictions and early warning calculations.

In recent times, Nathan has given fair warning to areas of Central America for damaging surf from anomolously large southern hemisphere storms, in particular, one that formed under Easter Island with 40-50 foot seas that brought 20+ foot waves to beaches in Costa Rica, and larger surf around Peru.

Along with these storm forecasts, Nathan has also provided seasonal forecasts, including a [http://www.wavecast.com/greenroom/state_of_surf_summer_2006.shtml State of our Surf report ]which caught the attention of the media, including the Los Angeles Daily News.<ref>LA Daily News, June 3, 2006, Summer's looking swell for LA</ref>

Nathan is also recognized as one of the first surf forecasters to design and develop unique automation software that can predict wind and wave height information around the globe. Utilizing various buoy data as well as raw modeling input parameters, Nathan's software has assisted in the creation of various swell models, in particular, those used on WetSand.com.⏎
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nathancool.com/ NathanCool.com] 
*[http://www.wetsand.com/ WetSand.com] Free surf forecasting serivce providing long range surf predictions, swell models, wind forecasts, and other various surf-related content.
*[http://www.wavecast.com/ WaveCast.com] One of the pioneering surf forecasting services working with WetSand.com to provide free surf forecasts to the worldwide surfing community.
*[http://www.globalsurfers.com/ Globalsurfers.com] A  surf-travel site with an atlas of surf spots around the world.
*[http://nssia.org NSSIA.org] The National Surf Schools and Instructors Association
* [http://www.clubofthewaves.com Club Of The Waves] - Surf Art, History & Culture site with featured surf artists & photographers.
* [http://www.SurfGSD.com SurfGSD] - Surf Schools in The Gower & Cornwall
* [http://www.spitcast.com Spitcast] - Surf reports and forecasting.
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