shoreward

adverb

1. Also shore·wards. toward the shore or land.

adjective

2. facing, moving, or tending toward the shore or land: a shoreward course.
3. coming from the shore, as a wind.

noun

4. the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.

adjective

1. near or facing the shore

adverb Also: shorewards

2. towards the shore