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The present edition, with new title Coastal Engineering, is the enlarged and updated volume of the book originally published under the title Coastal Hydrodynamics in 2012. In the recent past, exponential growth in coastal industries, human settlements and mushrooming of coastal protective structures have led to fast depletion of coastal features, overexploitation of both living and non-living ocean resources and abuse of ocean and coastal waters, resulting in nature's aggression in the form of tsunami and storms. It is, therefore, necessary to understand the nature and to build coastal facilities accordingly so that coastal equilibrium is not disturbed. It provides an overview of world population and ocean resources, natural threats and man-made hazards, and their impact on coastal environment. It discusses the fundamentals of wind, waves, tides and fluid flow and describes commonly adopted wave theories in coastal engineering. The text explains the methods for estimating wave forces on coastal structures, procedures for the analysis of wave data, and sediment transport. Apart from the estimation of beach profile evolution and shoreline change, the book discusses key aspects related to the design of different coastal structures. The book is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Ocean Engineering and Marine Engineering. It will also benefit the coastal engineers in understanding the processes associated with the coast and the design principles associated with the construction of coastal structures. Key Features Worked-out examples will benefit the reader to understand and solve variety of coastal engineering problems. Exercises given at the end of each chapter would benefit the reader to get exposed to a variety of practical problems related to coastal engineering. New To The Second Edition Two new chapters on Beach Profile and Shoreline Evolution and Design of Breakwaters and Coastal Protective Structures. Colour photographs, appended at the end of the book.