The CARICOOS Nearshore Wave Model (Version 7.0 - last updated April 2016) is an operational wave forecast system based on the Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) spectral wave model. It is forced by NOAA WWIII spectral boundary conditions and by the CARICOOS WRF 2-KM resolution operational wind model. The model is run twice per day (00Z and 12Z cycles) at the CARICOOS High-Performance Computing facilities.