Fishonomics/Forecast
Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Indian
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
9mph
E (100°) · gust 10 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1015mb
→ stable +0.07/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 74°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 73%
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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 · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
3 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
10PM
84°
8 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: High 3:57 AM · in 2h 14m
High
2:57
AM
1.16 ft
Low
6:59
AM
0.52 ft
High
1:41
PM
1.96 ft
Low
9:24
PM
0.08 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (114°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
60
AverageAM
20
PM
60
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 @ 3.6s SE
84.5°
SST
0.5 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
Minor
Moonset
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.90inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
60
2:57 AM · 1.16 ft
6:59 AM
1:41 PM · 1.96 ft
9:24 PM
Sat May 9
55
3:57 AM · 1.26 ft
8:34 AM
2:48 PM · 1.87 ft
10:16 PM
Sun May 10
51
4:48 AM · 1.42 ft
10:10 AM
4:07 PM · 1.79 ft
11:04 PM
Mon May 11
48
5:28 AM · 1.62 ft
11:25 AM
5:27 PM · 1.75 ft
11:47 PM
Tue May 12
52
6:04 AM · 1.84 ft
12:27 PM
6:38 PM · 1.73 ft
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Wed May 13
66
6:40 AM · 2.08 ft
12:27 AM
7:42 PM · 1.70 ft
1:22 PM
Thu May 14
80
7:16 AM · 2.32 ft
1:07 AM
8:40 PM · 1.64 ft
2:13 PM
Fri May 15
92
7:56 AM · 2.53 ft
1:46 AM
9:35 PM · 1.55 ft
3:03 PM
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H
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H
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H
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