Fishonomics/Forecast
East End, Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026

Little Duck
Key.

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
N
5mph
ENE (68°) · gust 6 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.07/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 72%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 46 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

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

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 10:04 PM · in 2h 14m
0.00.51.00.60 ft0.49 ft1.01 ft0.08 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:06
AM
0.60 ft
Low
7:39
AM
0.49 ft
High
1:50
PM
1.01 ft
Low
10:04
PM
0.08 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
30
Low
AM
4
PM
30
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↓ 11:59 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
30
3:06 AM · 0.60 ft
7:39 AM
1:50 PM · 1.01 ft
10:04 PM
Sat May 9
26
4:06 AM · 0.65 ft
9:14 AM
2:57 PM · 0.96 ft
10:56 PM
Sun May 10
23
4:57 AM · 0.73 ft
10:50 AM
4:16 PM · 0.92 ft
11:44 PM
Mon May 11
18
5:37 AM · 0.83 ft
12:05 PM
5:36 PM · 0.90 ft
—
Tue May 12
24
6:13 AM · 0.95 ft
12:27 AM
6:47 PM · 0.89 ft
1:07 PM
Wed May 13
34
6:49 AM · 1.07 ft
1:07 AM
7:51 PM · 0.88 ft
2:02 PM
Thu May 14
44
7:25 AM · 1.20 ft
1:47 AM
8:49 PM · 0.84 ft
2:53 PM
Fri May 15
52
8:05 AM · 1.30 ft
2:26 AM
9:44 PM · 0.80 ft
3:43 PM
Nearby

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L
2h45m
Missouri Key-Little Duck Key Channel
№ 8724099 · 0.4 mi
H 4:03 AM · 0.68 ft·L 10:35 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
3h26m
Money Key
№ 8724082 · 0.7 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.56 ft·L 11:16 PM · 0.07 ft
→
L
1h47m
Missouri Key-Ohio Key Channel, West Side
№ 8724107 · 1.1 mi
H 4:08 AM · 0.75 ft·L 9:37 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
1h55m
Ohio Key-Bahia Honda Key Channel, West Side
№ 8724112 · 1.7 mi
H 3:58 AM · 0.79 ft·L 9:45 PM · 0.07 ft
→
L
1h53m
Molasses Key Channel, Molasses Keys
№ 8724062 · 2.3 mi
H 3:59 AM · 0.77 ft·L 9:43 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
1h41m
Bahia Honda Key, Bahia Honda Channel
№ 8724138 · 3.8 mi
H 4:09 AM · 0.83 ft·L 9:31 PM · 0.07 ft
→
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