inshore

adverb & adjective

Close to a shore.

adverb & adjective

Toward or coming toward a shore.

Near the shore; toward the shore; on the shore side: as, the ship lay, or was moving, inshore.

Situated near the shore; relatively near to the shore; specifically, as applied to fishing or fisheries, situated within about five miles of the shore: opposed to offshore: as, inshore fishing.

adjective

Being near or moving towards the shore

adjective

Close to (especially in sight of) a shore

adjective

Blowing from the sea to the land

adverb

Near the shore

adverb

Towards the shore

adjective

(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land