Fishonomics/Forecast
Uscg Station, Florida Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026
Vaca
Key.
Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset.
75
/ 100
Bite Score
Good day to fish.
Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset.
Pressure →Major @ sun
Wind
2mph
SE (139°) · gust 2 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.41/h
◇
Air Temp
86°feels 94° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 62%
◓
UV / Vis
3day max 9 · 55 mi
Hourly
Conditions through the day
12AM
—
— mph
—
2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
79°
1 mph · SW
100% CLOUD
10AM
83°
7 mph · N
97% CLOUD
12PM
86°
8 mph · N
23% CLOUD
2PM
88°
5 mph · NE
10% CLOUD
4PM
88°
3 mph · SE
2% CLOUD
6PM
86°
2 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
5 mph · E
2% CLOUD
10PM
80°
8 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
One high
Next: Low 12:36 AM · in 6h 8m
High
6:12
PM
0.75 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (128°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
0
LowAM
0
PM
0
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 @ 3.4s SE
88.0°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:14 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:12 PM
247° SW
May 9
Last Quarter
+1d
May 16
New
+8d
May 23
First Quarter
+15d
May 31
Full
+23d
Solunar · Windows
Feeding periods today
Quarter moon, no sun/transit overlap
Daylight 13h 13m
Minor
Moonrise
4:44 AM – 5:44 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:42 PM – 4:42 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.93inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
0
6:12 PM · 0.75 ft
—
—
—
Sat May 9
29
7:06 PM · 0.70 ft
12:36 AM
—
—
Sun May 10
23
11:24 AM · 0.47 ft
1:30 AM
8:12 PM · 0.64 ft
1:30 PM
Mon May 11
16
11:42 AM · 0.51 ft
2:24 AM
9:24 PM · 0.58 ft
2:48 PM
Tue May 12
11
10:18 AM · 0.57 ft
3:18 AM
—
3:54 PM
Wed May 13
18
1:00 AM · 0.58 ft
4:06 AM
10:42 AM · 0.67 ft
4:54 PM
Thu May 14
27
2:12 AM · 0.65 ft
4:48 AM
11:06 AM · 0.78 ft
5:42 PM
Fri May 15
35
3:12 AM · 0.69 ft
5:24 AM
11:30 AM · 0.89 ft
6:30 PM
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L
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→
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№ 8724033 · 3.2 mi
H 4:45 AM · 0.45 ft·L 10:44 PM · 0.05 ft
→
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№ 8723950 · 5.0 mi
H 3:44 AM · 0.92 ft·L 9:23 PM · 0.08 ft
→
L
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№ 8723962 · 5.7 mi
H 3:21 AM · 1.22 ft·L 8:53 PM · 0.13 ft
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