In accordance with the fact that the porous thin plate can dissipate wave energies, three porous plates were used to construct a permeable breakwater or a perforated-parapet breakwater in numerical simulations to investigate their wave scatter effects and the wave forces on the structure. Under the assumptions of linear wave theory, and the Darcy's law in porous media, a CBEM model was created to calculate the wave forces acting on the structure, and the wave dissipations around it. The optimal spans of the plate were evaluated.