Fishonomics/Forecast
Molasses Keys · Friday, May 8, 2026

Molasses 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
1mph
ESE (117°) · gust 4 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.36/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 91° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 70%
◓
UV / Vis
2day max 9 · 47 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
—
— mph
—
2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
82°
1 mph · W
97% CLOUD
10AM
83°
9 mph · NE
95% CLOUD
12PM
82°
9 mph · NE
1% CLOUD
2PM
82°
5 mph · NE
2% CLOUD
4PM
82°
3 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
6PM
83°
1 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
82°
10 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 9:43 PM · in 3h 8m
0.00.51.01.50.71 ft0.36 ft1.19 ft0.06 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:58 PM
High
2:59
AM
0.71 ft
Low
7:18
AM
0.36 ft
High
1:43
PM
1.19 ft
Low
9:43
PM
0.06 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (131°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.4s12AM3.4s2AM3.4s4AM3.4s6AM3.4s8AM3.4s10AM3.4s12PM3.4s2PM3.4s4PM3.5s6PM3.5s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
36
Low
AM
11
PM
36
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
5:15 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:13 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
↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:58 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:45 AM – 5:45 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM – 4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.93inHg→ Stable
29.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.0430.06NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
36
2:59 AM · 0.71 ft
7:18 AM
1:43 PM · 1.19 ft
9:43 PM
Sat May 9
33
3:59 AM · 0.77 ft
8:53 AM
2:50 PM · 1.13 ft
10:35 PM
Sun May 10
30
4:50 AM · 0.86 ft
10:29 AM
4:09 PM · 1.09 ft
11:23 PM
Mon May 11
26
5:30 AM · 0.98 ft
11:44 AM
5:29 PM · 1.06 ft
—
Tue May 12
31
6:06 AM · 1.12 ft
12:06 AM
6:40 PM · 1.05 ft
12:46 PM
Wed May 13
40
6:42 AM · 1.27 ft
12:46 AM
7:44 PM · 1.03 ft
1:41 PM
Thu May 14
49
7:18 AM · 1.41 ft
1:26 AM
8:42 PM · 0.99 ft
2:32 PM
Fri May 15
57
7:58 AM · 1.54 ft
2:05 AM
9:37 PM · 0.94 ft
3:22 PM
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L
4h41m
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H 4:58 AM · 0.56 ft·L 11:16 PM · 0.07 ft
→
L
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№ 8724093 · 2.3 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.65 ft·L 10:04 PM · 0.08 ft
→
L
4h9m
Pigeon Key, North Side, Florida Bay
№ 8724033 · 2.7 mi
H 4:45 AM · 0.45 ft·L 10:44 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
2h58m
Pigeon Key, South Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8724032 · 2.7 mi
H 4:00 AM · 0.79 ft·L 9:33 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
4h
Missouri Key-Little Duck Key Channel
№ 8724099 · 2.7 mi
H 4:03 AM · 0.68 ft·L 10:35 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
3h2m
Missouri Key-Ohio Key Channel, West Side
№ 8724107 · 3.3 mi
H 4:08 AM · 0.75 ft·L 9:37 PM · 0.06 ft
→
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