Fishonomics/Forecast
Lower Matecumbe Key · Friday, May 8, 2026
Indian Key
Anchorage.
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 (99°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1015mb
→ stable +0.07/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 73°
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Cloud
2%humidity 71%
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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 3:30 AM · in 1h 48m
High
2:30
AM
1.23 ft
Low
6:40
AM
0.64 ft
High
1:14
PM
2.08 ft
Low
9:05
PM
0.10 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (114°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
63
AverageAM
19
PM
63
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
63
2:30 AM · 1.23 ft
6:40 AM
1:14 PM · 2.08 ft
9:05 PM
Sat May 9
57
3:30 AM · 1.34 ft
8:15 AM
2:21 PM · 1.98 ft
9:57 PM
Sun May 10
53
4:21 AM · 1.51 ft
9:51 AM
3:40 PM · 1.90 ft
10:45 PM
Mon May 11
50
5:01 AM · 1.72 ft
11:06 AM
5:00 PM · 1.86 ft
11:28 PM
Tue May 12
54
5:37 AM · 1.96 ft
12:08 PM
6:11 PM · 1.84 ft
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Wed May 13
70
6:13 AM · 2.21 ft
12:08 AM
7:15 PM · 1.80 ft
1:03 PM
Thu May 14
86
6:49 AM · 2.46 ft
12:48 AM
8:13 PM · 1.74 ft
1:54 PM
Fri May 15
99
7:29 AM · 2.69 ft
1:27 AM
9:08 PM · 1.64 ft
2:44 PM
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Matecumbe Bight, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
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H 4:37 AM · 0.53 ft·L 9:42 AM · 0.29 ft
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H
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H 3:57 AM · 1.26 ft·L 8:34 AM · 0.54 ft
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H
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Lignumvitae Key, West Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723825 · 2.2 mi
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Lignumvitae Key, Ne Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723824 · 2.5 mi
H 5:04 AM · 0.51 ft·L 10:40 AM · 0.39 ft
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H
2h48m
Matecumbe Harbor, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723862 · 2.6 mi
H 4:30 AM · 0.57 ft·L 9:32 AM · 0.25 ft
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H
2h24m
Channel Two, East, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723868 · 3.2 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.82 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.41 ft
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