relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze
Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast. Local radio stations serving coastal areas often broadcast forecasts for yachtsmen The fish are on sale from our own coastal waters. in the sea or on the land near the coast
located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain" of or relating to a coast; "coastal erosion
located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain"