Fishonomics/Forecast

Upper Matecumbe KeyWEST END, HAWK CHANNEL · SAT · MAY · 9

85Bite / 100

LitNow

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

Pre-frontMajor @ sun

Tide · NextRISING

High3:55 AMin 1h 7m

▲ HIGH

2:55 AM

0.88 ft

▼ LOW

7:48 AM

0.24 ft

▲ HIGH

1:39 PM

1.48 ft

▼ LOW

10:13 PM

0.04 ft

BARO

1013mb→ 0.0

Steady

WIND

11mphSE

Gusts 11

SST

83.8°F

Modeled

SWELL

1.0ft2.6s

ESE primary

Bite by hourPeak 74

526a

527a

528a

529a

6510a

7411a

5212p

521p

522p

523p

604p

525p

526p

487p

528p

529p

Best windowsToday

Major + sun

9:40 AM – 11:40 AM

Solunar major overlaps the sun event

Major + sun

10:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Solunar major overlaps the sun event

NearbySee map →

Shell Key Channel, Florida Bay

1.2 mi

Little Basin, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay

1.7 mi

Indian Key, Hawk Channel

1.8 mi

Shell Key, Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin

2.0 mi

Upper Matecumbe Key, Hawk Channel

2.1 mi

Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay

2.3 mi

Fishonomics/Forecast

West End, Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026

Upper Matecumbe
Key.

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

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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 (108°) · gust 9 mph

Light–moderate

◐

Pressure

1014mb

→ stable -0.05/h

◇

Air Temp

83°feels 89° · dew 74°

○

Cloud

1%humidity 73%

◓

UV / Vis

0day max 9 · 45 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 · SE

0% CLOUD

8PM

84°

4 mph · SE

0% CLOUD

10PM

84°

8 mph · SE

1% CLOUD

Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 3:55 AM · in 1h 7m

High

2:55

0.88 ft

Low

7:48

0.24 ft

High

1:39

1.48 ft

Low

10:13

0.04 ft

Swell · Hourly

From the E (108°)

Going direction

Tidal Coefficient

Low

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 13m

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

Pressure · inches of mercury

Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low

Fri May 8

2:55 AM · 0.88 ft

7:48 AM

1:39 PM · 1.48 ft

10:13 PM

Sat May 9

3:55 AM · 0.95 ft

9:23 AM

2:46 PM · 1.41 ft

11:05 PM

Sun May 10

4:46 AM · 1.07 ft

10:59 AM

4:05 PM · 1.35 ft

11:53 PM

Mon May 11

5:26 AM · 1.22 ft

12:14 PM

5:25 PM · 1.32 ft

—

Tue May 12

6:02 AM · 1.39 ft

12:36 AM

6:36 PM · 1.30 ft

1:16 PM

Wed May 13

6:38 AM · 1.57 ft

1:16 AM

7:40 PM · 1.28 ft

2:11 PM

Thu May 14

7:14 AM · 1.75 ft

1:56 AM

8:38 PM · 1.23 ft

3:02 PM

Fri May 15

7:54 AM · 1.91 ft

2:35 AM

9:33 PM · 1.17 ft

3:52 PM

Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Upper Matecumbe Key, West End, Hawk Channel

1h47m

Shell Key Channel, Florida Bay

№ 8723812 · 1.2 mi

H 4:35 AM · 0.76 ft·L 9:54 AM · 0.59 ft

→

2h15m

Little Basin, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay

№ 8723813 · 1.7 mi

H 5:03 AM · 0.59 ft·L 10:24 AM · 0.46 ft

→

1h9m

Indian Key, Hawk Channel

№ 8723843 · 1.8 mi

H 3:57 AM · 1.26 ft·L 8:34 AM · 0.54 ft

→

2h38m

Shell Key, Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin

№ 8723807 · 2.0 mi

H 5:26 AM · 0.45 ft·L 11:06 AM · 0.35 ft

→

15m

Upper Matecumbe Key, Hawk Channel

№ 8723814 · 2.1 mi

H 3:03 AM · 1.79 ft·L 9:12 AM · 0.69 ft

→

2h16m

Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay

№ 8723824 · 2.3 mi

H 5:04 AM · 0.51 ft·L 10:40 AM · 0.39 ft

→

For sport fishing reference only · Not for navigationNOAA · Open-Meteo · SunCalc

Upper MatecumbeKey.

Very good day to be out.

Conditions through the day

Two highs, two lows

From the E (108°)

30-day coefficient

0.5 ft @ 3.8s E

Feeding periods today

Atmospheric pressure

Next eight days

Other Florida Keys stations

Upper Matecumbe
Key.