inshore
adj. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɪnˈʃɔɹ// UK //ˈɪnʃɔː// in·shore
adj. close to the shore or near the coast. You use this to describe water that is not very deep and is near land.
adj. situated or occurring near the shore; within the shallow waters of a coast. Often used to distinguish from offshore areas or the open sea.
The fishermen are catching fish in the inshore waters.
Many local birds spend their time in the inshore areas where the water is calm and the food is plentiful.
The storm surge primarily affected the inshore regions, where the shallow seabed amplified the wave height and caused significant erosion of the coastal dunes.