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
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
mph
2AM
mph
4AM
mph
6AM
mph
8AM
mph
10AM
mph
12PM
mph
2PM
mph
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
0.00.51.01.50.70 ft0.57 ft1.18 ft0.09 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:0010:43 AM11:57 PM
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°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.5s12AM3.5s2AM3.7s4AM3.8s6AM3.9s8AM4.0s10AM4.0s12PM3.9s2PM4.0s4PM4.0s6PM4.0s8PM3.2s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
34
Low
AM
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
TDY
MAY 8MAY 23JUN 6
Swell

0.5 ft @ 3.8s E

83.9°
SST
0.6 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 AM11:57 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:40 PM4:40 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM12:00 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
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
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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