Fishonomics/Forecast
Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin · Friday, May 8, 2026

Shell
Key.

Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset — pressure falling — pre-front feeding window. A high tide carries through the morning.

85
/ 100
Bite Score

Very good day to be out.

Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset — pressure falling — pre-front feeding window.

Pre-frontMajor @ sun
Wind
N
9mph
ESE (109°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.05/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 72%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 47 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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2AM
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4AM
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6AM
—
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8AM
—
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10AM
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12PM
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2PM
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4PM
83°
7 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
84°
7 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
4 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
10PM
84°
8 mph · SE
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 5:26 AM · in 2h 42m
0.00.51.00.41 ft0.33 ft0.69 ft0.05 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:43 AM↓ 11:57 PM
High
4:26
AM
0.41 ft
Low
9:31
AM
0.33 ft
High
3:10
PM
0.69 ft
Low
11:56
PM
0.05 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (121°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.0s12AM3.0s2AM3.2s4AM3.3s6AM3.4s8AM3.3s10AM3.4s12PM3.5s2PM3.5s4PM3.6s6PM3.5s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
20
Low
AM
2
PM
20
Daily average. Higher coefficients mean stronger tidal currents and bigger range — typically more productive fishing windows around the change.
Monthly

30-day coefficient

≥ 90
70-89
40-69
TDY
MAY 8MAY 23JUN 6
Swell

0.4 ft @ 3.3s SE

85.2°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:13 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:10 PM
247° SW
May 9
Last Quarter
+1d
May 16
New
+8d
May 23
First Quarter
+14d
May 31
Full
+22d
Solunar · Windows

Feeding periods today

Quarter moon, no sun/transit overlap
Daylight 13h 14m
↑ 10:43 AM↓ 11:57 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM – 5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.91inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0012a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
20
4:26 AM · 0.41 ft
9:31 AM
3:10 PM · 0.69 ft
11:56 PM
Sat May 9
10
5:26 AM · 0.45 ft
11:06 AM
4:17 PM · 0.66 ft
—
Sun May 10
17
6:17 AM · 0.50 ft
12:48 AM
5:36 PM · 0.63 ft
12:42 PM
Mon May 11
16
6:57 AM · 0.57 ft
1:36 AM
6:56 PM · 0.62 ft
1:57 PM
Tue May 12
17
7:33 AM · 0.65 ft
2:19 AM
8:07 PM · 0.61 ft
2:59 PM
Wed May 13
23
8:09 AM · 0.74 ft
2:59 AM
9:11 PM · 0.60 ft
3:54 PM
Thu May 14
30
8:45 AM · 0.82 ft
3:39 AM
10:09 PM · 0.58 ft
4:45 PM
Fri May 15
36
9:25 AM · 0.90 ft
4:18 AM
11:04 PM · 0.55 ft
5:35 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Shell Key, Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin
H
1h51m
Shell Key Channel, Florida Bay
№ 8723812 · 1.0 mi
H 4:35 AM · 0.76 ft·L 9:54 AM · 0.59 ft
→
H
2h20m
Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723824 · 2.0 mi
H 5:04 AM · 0.51 ft·L 10:40 AM · 0.39 ft
→
H
1h11m
Upper Matecumbe Key, West End, Hawk Channel
№ 8723828 · 2.0 mi
H 3:55 AM · 0.95 ft·L 9:23 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
2h19m
Little Basin, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723813 · 2.1 mi
H 5:03 AM · 0.59 ft·L 10:24 AM · 0.46 ft
→
H
2h50m
Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723808 · 2.5 mi
H 5:34 AM · 0.36 ft·L 11:16 AM · 0.28 ft
→
H
19m
Upper Matecumbe Key, Hawk Channel
№ 8723814 · 2.6 mi
H 3:03 AM · 1.79 ft·L 9:12 AM · 0.69 ft
→
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