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The purpose of this study was to design a system to provide decision-making support to the National Disaster and Safety Status Control Center regarding swell-like wave hazards on the eastern coast of Korea. Based on the results obtained from two test beds used for swell-like wave predictions, a system for forecasting swell-like waves was developed. The model used real-time data from the Regional Data Assimilation and Prediction System of the Korea Meteorological Administration. Using 624 parallel clusters, it required approximately 3 h from receipt of the real-time data to produce the swell-like wave scale criteria through the web platform. The five levels of the swell-like wave scale criteria (Normal, Attention, Notice, Caution, and Hazard) can provide decision-making support to the National Disaster and Safety Status Control Center, thus enabling appropriate measures to be taken for each situation.