Fishonomics/Forecast
Long Key, Florida Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026

Jewfish
Hole.

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
8mph
E (92°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.29/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
2%humidity 71%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 47 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
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4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
—
10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
—
— mph
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2PM
83°
2 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
4PM
83°
5 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
84°
6 mph · S
1% CLOUD
8PM
83°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
83°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:44 AM · in 4h 54m
0.00.51.00.38 ft0.28 ft0.63 ft0.04 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:44 AM↓ 11:57 PM
High
3:44
AM
0.38 ft
Low
9:06
AM
0.28 ft
High
2:28
PM
0.63 ft
Low
11:31
PM
0.04 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (118°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.0s12AM3.0s2AM2.8s4AM2.9s6AM3.2s8AM3.4s10AM3.5s12PM3.5s2PM3.5s4PM3.5s6PM3.5s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
19
Low
AM
3
PM
19
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 @ 3.2s SE

85.0°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ 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
↑ 10:44 AM↓ 11:57 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM – 5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:41 PM – 4:41 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.95inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.04NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
19
3:44 AM · 0.38 ft
9:06 AM
2:28 PM · 0.63 ft
11:31 PM
Sat May 9
10
4:44 AM · 0.41 ft
10:41 AM
3:35 PM · 0.60 ft
—
Sun May 10
16
5:35 AM · 0.46 ft
12:23 AM
4:54 PM · 0.58 ft
12:17 PM
Mon May 11
15
6:15 AM · 0.52 ft
1:11 AM
6:14 PM · 0.57 ft
1:32 PM
Tue May 12
16
6:51 AM · 0.59 ft
1:54 AM
7:25 PM · 0.56 ft
2:34 PM
Wed May 13
21
7:27 AM · 0.67 ft
2:34 AM
8:29 PM · 0.55 ft
3:29 PM
Thu May 14
27
8:03 AM · 0.75 ft
3:14 AM
9:27 PM · 0.53 ft
4:20 PM
Fri May 15
32
8:43 AM · 0.82 ft
3:53 AM
10:22 PM · 0.50 ft
5:10 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Jewfish Hole, Long Key, Florida Bay
H
4h6m
Long Key Bight, Long Key
№ 8723879 · 0.9 mi
H 3:56 AM · 1.00 ft·L 8:26 AM · 0.47 ft
→
H
4h7m
Channel Five, West Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723872 · 1.2 mi
H 3:57 AM · 0.97 ft·L 8:28 AM · 0.51 ft
→
H
5h38m
Long Key Lake, Long Key
№ 8723887 · 1.7 mi
H 5:28 AM · 0.60 ft·L 10:06 AM · 0.35 ft
→
H
4h11m
Channel Five, East Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723874 · 2.0 mi
H 4:01 AM · 0.87 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.44 ft
→
H
3h59m
Channel Two, West Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723869 · 2.8 mi
H 3:49 AM · 1.09 ft·L 8:15 AM · 0.57 ft
→
H
4h16m
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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