Review of near-shore satellite derived bathymetry: Classification and account of five decades of coastal bathymetry research

•Application of satellite derived bathymetry surveying as an alternate to overcome complexity of hydrographic surveying and other bathymetric techniques.•Account of satellite derived bathymetry for five decades and its systematic classification scheme grounded in research philosophy.•SDB approaches, models, methods and techniques along with chronological development of SDB algorithms, application studies, their accuracy and errors in retrieval.•A matrix of prerequisite satellite data, in-situ data resolution, methods and algorithms of SDB based on level of accuracy needs to be achieved for future researchers.•Operationalisation of satellite SDB products in coastal water.