The Coaster is a weekly newspaper based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

The Coaster covers a number of Jersey Shore area communities in central Monmouth County, including: Asbury Park, Allenhurst, Avon, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, Loch Arbour, Neptune, Neptune City, Oakhurst, Ocean Grove, Ocean Township, Tinton Falls, Wanamassa, and Wayside.

The paper is published every Thursday and is sold at local businesses and newsstands, as well as through subscriptions.

The Coaster was started in June 1983 by Robert F. Carroll, while he was working as an environmental reporter for the New York Daily News.

He is currently retired, but is still involved with The Coaster and lives in Asbury Park with his wife Doris, who is the paper's socialights editor.