Coastlinesareundergoingconstantgeomorphologicchangeswithrespecttotheincidentwaveclimate.Basedonwavesmeasuredat9mwaterdepth,simulationofnearshorewavetransformationisdoneusingREFDIF-1numericalmodelandthenearshorebreakerparametersareestimatedattwomicro-tidalbeachesalongcentralwestcoastofIndia.Modelresultsarevalidatedwithmeasuredvalues.Fromthebreakerparameters,long-shorecurrentandlong-shoresedimenttransportrates(LSTR)arecomputedbyusingsemi-empiricalequations.Estimatedlong-shorecurrentandLSTRareshowingdramaticvariationswithrespecttoseasons.PredominantdirectionofLSTRisobservedtowardsnorthsincetheapproachwavesarefromsouth-westdirectionduringpre-monsoonandpostmonsoon.Duringmonsoonseason,wavesarefromwestsouth-westandresultedinsoutherlytransport.TheestimatedannualnetandgrossLSTRbyCambridgeEnvironmentalResearchConsultants(CERC)attwolocationsareinthesameorderwhereasLSTRestimatedbyWalton&BrunoandKamphuisequationsareshowingdifferentestimationsbecauseofdifferenceinsurf-zonewidthandforeshoreslopebetweenthetwolocations.Formicro-tidalbeacheswithlengthlessthan6km,KamphuisequationisgivingagreeableestimationofLSTR.SensitivityanalysisofLSTRestimateshowsthatcoastalinclinationistheprominentfactorindeterminingLSTRthanincidentwaveangle.
