Waves dynamics in coastal zones is known to comprise incident and reflective wave motion. We report an experimental study in which several incident JONSWAP wave trains have been generated in a uni-directional water wave tank while the artificial beach inclination and its permeability have been varied to allow a variety of reflective wave conditions. Key statistical features obtained from an adaptive coupled nonlinear Schrödinger model simulations show an excellent agreement with the laboratory data collected near the beach.