The wave transformation and the nonlinear characteristics along the coral reef coasts with the effect of tidal current were determined through laboratory experiments.The cross-reef variations of water surface time series,wave height,mean water level,wave nonlinear param...MORE The wave transformation and the nonlinear characteristics along the coral reef coasts with the effect of tidal current were determined through laboratory experiments.The cross-reef variations of water surface time series,wave height,mean water level,wave nonlinear parameters and higher harmonic waves with both shoreward ...