Wanderlust World Wanderlust World No. The Pacific Ocean borders the west coast of the United States (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii).
The Atlantic Ocean borders the east coast (Maine to Florida).
| Coast | Ocean | States |
|---|---|---|
| West | Pacific | CA, OR, WA, AK, HI |
| East | Atlantic | ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL |
| Gulf | Gulf of Mexico (Atlantic marginal sea) | FL, AL, MS, LA, TX |
The confusion may arise from map projections (Pacific centered maps put Americas on the right) or the fact that the Panama Canal connects the two — but geographically, the US west coast is Pacific, east coast is Atlantic.