Mabota a leoatle a hahiloeng haufi le lebopo, ke meaho ea bohlokoa ea haeteroliki ho mamella maqhubu, maqhubu kapa maqhubu a ts'ireletso bakeng sa ts'ireletso ea lebopo.Li-breakwaters li tsosolosa le ho sireletsa mabōpo ka ho sitisa matla a maqhubu, le ho lumella lehlabathe ho bokellana lebōpong la leoatle.
Ha ho bapisoa le tranditonal rock fill, li-tubes tse tšoarellang tsa polypropylene geotextile tse nang le litšenyehelo tsa ho tlatsa setšeng ka ho fokotsa thepa le lipalangoang.