Fishonomics/Forecast
West Side, Florida Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026

Lignumvitae
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
E (99°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1015mb
→ stable +0.07/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 71%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 48 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°
6 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
84°
7 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
2 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
10PM
84°
7 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 5:27 AM · in 3h 48m
0.00.51.00.42 ft0.34 ft0.71 ft0.05 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:43 AM↓ 11:57 PM
High
4:27
AM
0.42 ft
Low
9:28
AM
0.34 ft
High
3:11
PM
0.71 ft
Low
11:53
PM
0.05 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (114°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.3s12AM3.4s2AM3.5s4AM3.6s6AM3.7s8AM3.8s10AM3.8s12PM3.8s2PM3.8s4PM3.9s6PM3.8s8PM3.2s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
21
Low
AM
2
PM
21
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 @ 3.6s SE

84.5°
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 13m
↑ 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

29.90inHg→ 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
21
4:27 AM · 0.42 ft
9:28 AM
3:11 PM · 0.71 ft
11:53 PM
Sat May 9
10
5:27 AM · 0.46 ft
11:03 AM
4:18 PM · 0.68 ft
—
Sun May 10
18
6:18 AM · 0.51 ft
12:45 AM
5:37 PM · 0.65 ft
12:39 PM
Mon May 11
16
6:58 AM · 0.58 ft
1:33 AM
6:57 PM · 0.63 ft
1:54 PM
Tue May 12
17
7:34 AM · 0.67 ft
2:16 AM
8:08 PM · 0.63 ft
2:56 PM
Wed May 13
24
8:10 AM · 0.75 ft
2:56 AM
9:12 PM · 0.61 ft
3:51 PM
Thu May 14
31
8:46 AM · 0.84 ft
3:36 AM
10:10 PM · 0.59 ft
4:42 PM
Fri May 15
37
9:26 AM · 0.92 ft
4:15 AM
11:05 PM · 0.56 ft
5:32 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Lignumvitae Key, West Side, Florida Bay
H
3h25m
Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723824 · 0.7 mi
H 5:04 AM · 0.51 ft·L 10:40 AM · 0.39 ft
→
H
1h51m
Indian Key Anchorage, Lower Matecumbe Key
№ 8723851 · 2.2 mi
H 3:30 AM · 1.34 ft·L 8:15 AM · 0.67 ft
→
H
2h18m
Indian Key, Hawk Channel
№ 8723843 · 2.4 mi
H 3:57 AM · 1.26 ft·L 8:34 AM · 0.54 ft
→
H
2h58m
Matecumbe Bight, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723852 · 2.5 mi
H 4:37 AM · 0.53 ft·L 9:42 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
3h47m
Shell Key, Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin
№ 8723807 · 2.6 mi
H 5:26 AM · 0.45 ft·L 11:06 AM · 0.35 ft
→
H
2h16m
Upper Matecumbe Key, West End, Hawk Channel
№ 8723828 · 2.9 mi
H 3:55 AM · 0.95 ft·L 9:23 AM · 0.25 ft
→
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