The vertically dependent expressions of obliquely incident waves induced radiation stress are derived by use of the second order Stoke5 wave theory within three reglotm of the water colurrm, that is above the mean water levd, below the wave trough levdi, rout between these two levels. Computations radiate that the wave-induced radiation stris below the wave trough level is from the water wave particle velocity only, whereas both the water wave particle velocity and the wave presstrre contribute to the mnr above the wave troughlevel; the vertical variations of the wave-induced radiation stress influenced suhstantiaUy by the velocity component in the direction of wave propagation; the distributions of the wave-induced radiation stresss texor over depth are non-uniform and the proportion of the tensor below the wave trough levl becomes considerable in the shallow water; form water suface to seabed, the reversed variations occur for the predominant tensor components.