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

Knight Key
Channel.

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
N
5mph
SE (124°) · gust 5 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.41/h
◇
Air Temp
84°feels 91° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 67%
◓
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 9:41 PM · in 3h 8m
0.00.51.00.48 ft0.36 ft0.81 ft0.06 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PM
High
3:53
AM
0.48 ft
Low
7:16
AM
0.36 ft
High
2:37
PM
0.81 ft
Low
9:41
PM
0.06 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (128°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.4s12AM3.5s2AM3.5s4AM3.5s6AM3.5s8AM3.5s10AM3.5s12PM3.5s2PM3.5s4PM3.5s6PM3.5s8PM3.3s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
24
Low
AM
4
PM
24
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 @ 3.4s SE

84.6°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ 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
↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:44 AM – 5:44 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:42 PM – 4:42 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.92inHg→ Stable
29.9029.9530.0030.05NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
24
3:53 AM · 0.48 ft
7:16 AM
2:37 PM · 0.81 ft
9:41 PM
Sat May 9
21
4:53 AM · 0.52 ft
8:51 AM
3:44 PM · 0.78 ft
10:33 PM
Sun May 10
19
5:44 AM · 0.59 ft
10:27 AM
5:03 PM · 0.74 ft
11:21 PM
Mon May 11
15
6:24 AM · 0.67 ft
11:42 AM
6:23 PM · 0.73 ft
—
Tue May 12
20
7:00 AM · 0.77 ft
12:04 AM
7:34 PM · 0.72 ft
12:44 PM
Wed May 13
28
7:36 AM · 0.86 ft
12:44 AM
8:38 PM · 0.70 ft
1:39 PM
Thu May 14
35
8:12 AM · 0.96 ft
1:24 AM
9:36 PM · 0.68 ft
2:30 PM
Fri May 15
41
8:52 AM · 1.05 ft
2:03 AM
10:31 PM · 0.64 ft
3:20 PM
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L
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→
L
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→
L
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H 4:45 AM · 0.45 ft·L 10:44 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
3h10m
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№ 8724062 · 4.5 mi
H 3:59 AM · 0.77 ft·L 9:43 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
2h47m
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№ 8723999 · 5.6 mi
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→
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