inshore

Our shrimp are mostly sweet because they come from inshore where the waters of the Mississippi meet the waters of the Gulf.
Four Things You Didn't Know About Shrimp|Jane Frye|June 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
“I can take one of you,” answered Tom, pointing the canoe inshore with a turn of his paddle.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
When it was daylight, here was the clear Ohio water inshore, sure enough, and outside was the old regular Muddy!
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
We could see that the set of the current below ran close inshore, although doubtless the water there was very deep.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough

The inshore squadron was gradually increased till it numbered ten sail-of-the-line.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
As we came inshore, the main body of the archipelago was found to be separated by a mile and a half from the mainland.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for inshore

inshore

/ (ˈɪnˈʃɔː) /

adjective

in or on the water, but close to the shoreinshore weather

adverb, adjective

towards the shore from the wateran inshore wind; we swam inshore

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