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'''Nathan Cool''' creates custom marine [[weather forecasts|forecasting]] and surf predictions,<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]]<ref>[http://nathancool.com/news.shtml Nathan Todd Cool<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Ground Swell Society, SASIC, 2007</ref>

Cool is a meteorologist and forecaster for Surfing Magazine,<ref>Surfing Magazine, http://forecasts.surfingmagazine.com/#place=33.715201644740844_-119.575195_7_1422_height_none_Sat_-1</ref>, was 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==
Nathan Todd Cool is the author of ''The WetSand WaveCast Guide to Surf Forecasting'', a comprehensive book on surf forecasting. 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>

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 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.  

The pay-per-view model that the original WaveCast service provided was kept information away from many surfers who could not afford the subscription. Cool eventually teamed with WetSand, a new portal for the surfing community. 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 to surfers around the globe.

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

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