Coastal landforms such as beaches, dunes, cliffs, and wetlands are shaped by a wide range of physical drivers such as fluctuations in water level, storm waves, and human disturbance. The impacts from these drivers are dictated by the geologic and geomorphic setting, which manifest on the landscape as variations in nearshore bathymetry and coastal morphology. Bathymetric and morphologic variability ultimately dictates how hydrodynamic processes proceed across both short and long-time scales (e.g., coastal response to storm events vs. sea-level rise). Predictive coastal models must accurately simulate linkages between nearshore and onshore processes and be informed by field observations of these processes. This session brings together researchers conducting both observational and modeling studies that link nearshore and onshore coastal processes. Submissions are also encouraged that explore understudied components of these systems to advance future models.