The HEC(Hydrologic Engineering Center)-2 program, which utilize the standard step method, is usually adopted in the practical works for the water surface profile computation of natural channels. Water profile computation is, in general, carried upstream for subcritical flow. On the other hand, when the reference water surface si given upstream, numerous efforts and a great deal of time are necessary to compute the downstream water surface profile for subcritical flow. A simple method, computing the water surface profile from upstream to downstream for subcritical flow by HEC-2, is suggested in this paper. The applicability and the accuracy of this method are discussed by applying this method to both prismatic and natural channels.