Fishonomics/Forecast
East Side, Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Channel
Five.
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
8mph
E (87°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.29/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 72°
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Cloud
2%humidity 71%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 47 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
1% CLOUD
8PM
83°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
83°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: High 4:01 AM · in 4h 15m
High
3:01
AM
0.80 ft
Low
6:52
AM
0.42 ft
High
1:45
PM
1.36 ft
Low
9:17
PM
0.07 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (118°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
41
LowAM
12
PM
41
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
41
3:01 AM · 0.80 ft
6:52 AM
1:45 PM · 1.36 ft
9:17 PM
Sat May 9
37
4:01 AM · 0.87 ft
8:27 AM
2:52 PM · 1.29 ft
10:09 PM
Sun May 10
34
4:52 AM · 0.98 ft
10:03 AM
4:11 PM · 1.24 ft
10:57 PM
Mon May 11
32
5:32 AM · 1.12 ft
11:18 AM
5:31 PM · 1.21 ft
11:40 PM
Tue May 12
35
6:08 AM · 1.28 ft
12:20 PM
6:42 PM · 1.20 ft
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Wed May 13
46
6:44 AM · 1.44 ft
12:20 AM
7:46 PM · 1.18 ft
1:15 PM
Thu May 14
56
7:20 AM · 1.61 ft
1:00 AM
8:44 PM · 1.13 ft
2:06 PM
Fri May 15
65
8:00 AM · 1.75 ft
1:39 AM
9:39 PM · 1.07 ft
2:56 PM
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