Abstract: The frequencies of the transverters at both ends of the glass flume which control the flows of water pumps are adjusted to create a steady water depth and ebb velocity before the tidal bore arrival. Under this condition， the different frequencies of the downstream transverter have been used to produce the tidal bores with various heights. And the celerities， bore heights， vertical distributions of the velocities and bore shapes of the tidal bores have been measured under different water depths and ebb velocities before the tidal bore arrival with various tidal bore heights. The comparisons of the experimental results with the field data at the Yanguan reach in the Qiantang River Estuary in October 2010 show that the experimental results have agreed well with the measurements on site， which indicates that successfully simulated tidal bores in the flume demonstrate that the flume experiment is a good tool to study the tidal bore.