As climate change intensifies and sea levels rise, plants that grow beneath the water surface such as seagrass can enhance biodiversity and help protect shorelines from erosion. This study investigates how waves impact seagrass growth and how seagrass affects how water moves and carries sediment in two coastal areas: Mosquito Lagoon and East Bay, FL. Seagrasses prefer to live in moderate wave energy environments, where the waves are not too high or low. Preliminary results suggest that within seagrass patches, there is more sediment movement in the water column, despite that the wave energy is lower. On the contrary, areas with no seagrass growth have less movement of sediments in the water column even though the wave energy is higher. When a breakwater was introduced to a coastal environment it reduced the wave energy and is expected to make the wave climate of the area more suitable for seagrass growth by shifting it to this moderate wave energy environment that seagrasses tend to thrive in. Understanding these wave and sediment transport mechanisms will lead to more insight into integrating seagrasses as an effective nature-based solution individually or paired with a breakwater.