inshore

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inshore
    adv 1: toward the shore; "we swam two miles inshore"
    adj 1: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an
           inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from
           seaward winds" [syn: {inshore}, {onshore}, {seaward},
           {shoreward}] [ant: {offshore}, {seaward}]
    2: close to a shore; "inshore fisheries"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inshore \In"shore`\, a.
   Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore
   fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv. Towards the shore; as,
   the boat was headed inshore.
   [1913 Webster]