Theproblemofwavepartial/fullreflectionandtransmissionbywave-permeablestructureisapproachedbysolvingtheshape-relatedfunctionwithfocusontheunderstandingofwaveattenuation.2Ddepth-averagedBoussinesqtypewaveequationsaregivenwithnewdampingiteminsimulatingthenonlinearwavetransmissionthroughwave-permeablestructure.1Dwaveequationisexaminedtogivetheanalyticalexpressionoftheabsorbingcoefficient,andiscomparedwithlaboratorydatainflumetocalibratethecoefficients,andtheexpressionisapplieddirectlyinmodifiedBoussinesqtypeequations.Comparedwithwavebasindataforvariousincidentwaveconditions,theaccuratepredictionsofcombineddiffraction-refractioneffectsinsimulatingnonlinearwavegoingthroughwave-permeablebreakwaterintheengineeringapplicationcanbeobtained.Itshowsthatwave-permeablebreakwaterswithproperabsorbingeffectscanbeusedasaneffectivealternativetomassivegravitybreakwatersinreductionofwavetransmissioninshallowwater.