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
N
9mph
E (99°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
Pressure
1015mb
→ stable +0.07/h
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 73°
Cloud
2%humidity 71%
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 48 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
mph
2AM
mph
4AM
mph
6AM
mph
8AM
mph
10AM
mph
12PM
mph
2PM
mph
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
0.01.02.01.23 ft0.64 ft2.08 ft0.10 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:0010:43 AM11:57 PM
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°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.3s12AM3.4s2AM3.5s4AM3.6s6AM3.7s8AM3.8s10AM3.8s12PM3.8s2PM3.8s4PM3.9s6PM3.8s8PM3.2s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
63
Average
AM
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
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 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

29.90inHg 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
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
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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