off the coast

Examples

• All

• Spain, however, had the better right as the islands lay off the coast of Spanish South America.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The rescue team was dispatched to the shipwreck located off the coast of Maine.

• Right now, off the coast of California comes this.

• The site was four miles off the coast in 12 feet of water.

  Academic text (2006)

• But there are these islands off the coast of California.

  Ear Biscuits

• Four months ago, there was a discovery just off the coast of my country.

  Play Dirty (2025)

• Taiwan is just off the coast of mainland China.

• The largest deposits are found in the Arctic off the coast of Russia.

  Academic text (2008)

• Fripp Island is one of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The island, about 2 miles long and a mile wide, lies off the coast of Naples, Florida.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

O

offshore

vsoff the coast

141 3.7

At sea away from the land

means being close to the coastline rather than far out at sea

I

inshore

vsoff the coast

1 3.5

Toward the land from the sea

focuses on being located near the coast rather than indicating movement

N

nearshore

vsoff the coast

4.2

The part of the sea close to the land

describes being located near the coast generally

How Close

oceanside

3.1

off the coast

85 1.9

seaside

39 1.1

coastal

129 2.4

inland

31 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology