A centrifugal shaking table test on a dry sand site was designed and conducted to study the influence of different seismic waves on the peak value of soil acceleration during its upward transmission, and the variation law of acceleration amplification factor along the depth was obtained by comparison. Results show that the amplification factor of ground motion acceleration along the depth decreases with the increase in amplitude. Moreover, a certain attenuation rate of the amplification factor is observed when the amplitude of the wave increases, and the attenuation rate decreases with the increase in the amplitude. Under the action of seismic waves with the same amplitude and different frequency spectra, the acceleration amplification factor of the invariable amplitude sine wave is the largest, followed by the LEAP wave, and that of the El-Centro wave is the smallest. The analysis of the soil acceleration amplification factor and its attenuation rate is helpful in studying the dynamic response of similar sites, which also has a certain reference value for seismic design.