Fishonomics/Forecast
Long Key · Friday, May 8, 2026
Long Key
Lake.
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 (82°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.24/h
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Air Temp
82°feels 88° · dew 74°
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Cloud
5%humidity 76%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 42 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
82°
6 mph · NE
1% CLOUD
2PM
83°
3 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
4PM
83°
5 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
82°
8 mph · S
1% CLOUD
8PM
83°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
82°
8 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 10:56 PM · in 7m
High
4:28
AM
0.55 ft
Low
8:31
AM
0.33 ft
High
3:12
PM
0.94 ft
Low
10:56
PM
0.05 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (118°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
28
LowAM
7
PM
28
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
83.9°
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
28
4:28 AM · 0.55 ft
8:31 AM
3:12 PM · 0.94 ft
10:56 PM
Sat May 9
25
5:28 AM · 0.60 ft
10:06 AM
4:19 PM · 0.89 ft
11:48 PM
Sun May 10
17
6:19 AM · 0.68 ft
11:42 AM
5:38 PM · 0.85 ft
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Mon May 11
22
6:59 AM · 0.77 ft
12:36 AM
6:58 PM · 0.84 ft
12:57 PM
Tue May 12
24
7:35 AM · 0.88 ft
1:19 AM
8:09 PM · 0.82 ft
1:59 PM
Wed May 13
32
8:11 AM · 0.99 ft
1:59 AM
9:13 PM · 0.81 ft
2:54 PM
Thu May 14
39
8:47 AM · 1.11 ft
2:39 AM
10:11 PM · 0.78 ft
3:45 PM
Fri May 15
46
9:27 AM · 1.21 ft
3:18 AM
11:06 PM · 0.74 ft
4:35 PM
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