At present, the definition of sediment thickness is still in the empirical stage, and its mechanism research is not perfect. Therefore, this paper studies the characteristics of sediment at the bottom of underwater cast-in-place concrete pile with model test method, obtains the distribution characteristics of mud weight in pile hole, settlement rate of concrete block and interface morphology of sediment, and puts forward the mechanism of sediment formation by using theoretical analysis method. The results show that: (1) The gravity of the slurry in the pile hole increases with the increase of the depth, and the growth rate presents the characteristics of segmentation. (2) The settlement rate of the concrete mixture aggregates in the pile hole slurry can be divided into three stages: rapid increase, approximately constant increase and rapid decrease to stagnation. The settlement rate and final stagnation depth of the concrete simulation aggregates are positively related to the gravity, particle size and shape regularity. (3) The upper interface of the sediment is funnel-shaped, enabling the mixture to leave the pipe mouth and rush into the mud, which, in turn, push the mud around. (4) The formation mechanism of the sediment at the bottom of the cast-in-place pile is a comprehensive phenomenon, in which the multiphase fluid medium and plastic medium are closely related to the technology. The quasi hydrostatic analysis shows that whether the sediment is formed at the bottom of the underwater cast-in-place concrete pile is related to the pipe diameter, the material content of the hopper and the depth of pile hole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]