Fishonomics/Forecast
West Side, Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Channel
Two.
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
7mph
E (88°) · gust 7 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.28/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 72°
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Cloud
2%humidity 70%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 49 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
83°
2 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
4PM
83°
5 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
84°
9 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · SE
2% CLOUD
10PM
83°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: High 3:49 AM · in 4h 3m
High
2:49
AM
1.00 ft
Low
6:40
AM
0.55 ft
High
1:33
PM
1.69 ft
Low
9:05
PM
0.09 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (118°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
51
AverageAM
14
PM
51
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 @ 3.2s SE
85.0°
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
4:11 PM
247° SW
May 9
Last Quarter
+1d
May 16
New
+8d
May 23
First Quarter
+15d
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
3:41 PM – 4:41 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.95inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
51
2:49 AM · 1.00 ft
6:40 AM
1:33 PM · 1.69 ft
9:05 PM
Sat May 9
46
3:49 AM · 1.09 ft
8:15 AM
2:40 PM · 1.61 ft
9:57 PM
Sun May 10
42
4:40 AM · 1.22 ft
9:51 AM
3:59 PM · 1.54 ft
10:45 PM
Mon May 11
40
5:20 AM · 1.39 ft
11:06 AM
5:19 PM · 1.51 ft
11:28 PM
Tue May 12
44
5:56 AM · 1.59 ft
12:08 PM
6:30 PM · 1.49 ft
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Wed May 13
57
6:32 AM · 1.79 ft
12:08 AM
7:34 PM · 1.46 ft
1:03 PM
Thu May 14
70
7:08 AM · 2.00 ft
12:48 AM
8:32 PM · 1.41 ft
1:54 PM
Fri May 15
81
7:48 AM · 2.18 ft
1:27 AM
9:27 PM · 1.33 ft
2:44 PM
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Sorted by distance from Channel Two, West Side, Hawk Channel
H
4h20m
Channel Two, East, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723868 · 0.4 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.82 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.41 ft
→
H
4h15m
Channel Five, East Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723874 · 0.9 mi
H 4:01 AM · 0.87 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.44 ft
→
H
4h44m
Matecumbe Harbor, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723862 · 1.1 mi
H 4:30 AM · 0.57 ft·L 9:32 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
4h11m
Channel Five, West Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723872 · 1.7 mi
H 3:57 AM · 0.97 ft·L 8:28 AM · 0.51 ft
→
H
4h51m
Matecumbe Bight, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723852 · 2.8 mi
H 4:37 AM · 0.53 ft·L 9:42 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
4h58m
Jewfish Hole, Long Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723873 · 2.8 mi
H 4:44 AM · 0.41 ft·L 10:41 AM · 0.29 ft
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