Fishonomics/Forecast
Boot Key · Friday, May 8, 2026
Boot Key Harbor
Bridge.
Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset. A high tide carries through the morning.
75
/ 100
Bite Score
Good day to fish.
Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset.
Pressure →Major @ sun
Wind
5mph
SE (124°) · gust 5 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.41/h
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Air Temp
84°feels 91° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 67%
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UV / Vis
2day max 9 · 49 mi
Hourly
Conditions through the day
12AM
—
— mph
—
2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
79°
0 mph · E
100% CLOUD
10AM
84°
7 mph · N
92% CLOUD
12PM
86°
6 mph · NE
20% CLOUD
2PM
88°
5 mph · E
15% CLOUD
4PM
87°
5 mph · SE
2% CLOUD
6PM
86°
4 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
6 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
8 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 9:22 PM · in 2h 49m
High
2:52
AM
1.01 ft
Low
6:57
AM
0.55 ft
High
1:36
PM
1.71 ft
Low
9:22
PM
0.09 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (128°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
51
AverageAM
15
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 @ 3.4s SE
84.6°
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
29.92inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
51
2:52 AM · 1.01 ft
6:57 AM
1:36 PM · 1.71 ft
9:22 PM
Sat May 9
47
3:52 AM · 1.10 ft
8:32 AM
2:43 PM · 1.62 ft
10:14 PM
Sun May 10
43
4:43 AM · 1.23 ft
10:08 AM
4:02 PM · 1.56 ft
11:02 PM
Mon May 11
40
5:23 AM · 1.41 ft
11:23 AM
5:22 PM · 1.52 ft
11:45 PM
Tue May 12
44
5:59 AM · 1.60 ft
12:25 PM
6:33 PM · 1.50 ft
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Wed May 13
58
6:35 AM · 1.81 ft
12:25 AM
7:37 PM · 1.48 ft
1:20 PM
Thu May 14
71
7:11 AM · 2.02 ft
1:05 AM
8:35 PM · 1.42 ft
2:11 PM
Fri May 15
82
7:51 AM · 2.20 ft
1:44 AM
9:30 PM · 1.34 ft
3:01 PM
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