Fishonomics/Forecast
Florida Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026
Shell Key
Channel.
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
9mph
ESE (109°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.05/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 73°
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Cloud
0%humidity 72%
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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 4:35 AM · in 1h 50m
High
3:35
AM
0.70 ft
Low
8:19
AM
0.57 ft
High
2:19
PM
1.18 ft
Low
10:44
PM
0.09 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the E (108°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
34
LowAM
4
PM
34
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
MAY 8MAY 23JUN 6
Swell
0.5 ft @ 3.8s E
83.9°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
━ 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
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM – 5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.91inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
34
3:35 AM · 0.70 ft
8:19 AM
2:19 PM · 1.18 ft
10:44 PM
Sat May 9
31
4:35 AM · 0.76 ft
9:54 AM
3:26 PM · 1.12 ft
11:36 PM
Sun May 10
17
5:26 AM · 0.85 ft
11:30 AM
4:45 PM · 1.07 ft
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Mon May 11
27
6:06 AM · 0.97 ft
12:24 AM
6:05 PM · 1.05 ft
12:45 PM
Tue May 12
28
6:42 AM · 1.11 ft
1:07 AM
7:16 PM · 1.04 ft
1:47 PM
Wed May 13
40
7:18 AM · 1.25 ft
1:47 AM
8:20 PM · 1.02 ft
2:42 PM
Thu May 14
51
7:54 AM · 1.39 ft
2:27 AM
9:18 PM · 0.98 ft
3:33 PM
Fri May 15
61
8:34 AM · 1.52 ft
3:06 AM
10:13 PM · 0.93 ft
4:23 PM
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H
2h41m
Shell Key, Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin
№ 8723807 · 1.0 mi
H 5:26 AM · 0.45 ft·L 11:06 AM · 0.35 ft
→
H
1h10m
Upper Matecumbe Key, West End, Hawk Channel
№ 8723828 · 1.2 mi
H 3:55 AM · 0.95 ft·L 9:23 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
2h18m
Little Basin, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723813 · 1.3 mi
H 5:03 AM · 0.59 ft·L 10:24 AM · 0.46 ft
→
H
18m
Upper Matecumbe Key, Hawk Channel
№ 8723814 · 1.8 mi
H 3:03 AM · 1.79 ft·L 9:12 AM · 0.69 ft
→
H
2h49m
Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723808 · 1.9 mi
H 5:34 AM · 0.36 ft·L 11:16 AM · 0.28 ft
→
H
2h19m
Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723824 · 2.3 mi
H 5:04 AM · 0.51 ft·L 10:40 AM · 0.39 ft
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