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

Cocoanut
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
8mph
E (95°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.38/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 75°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 75%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 43 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
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4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
—
— mph
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2PM
83°
6 mph · NE
1% CLOUD
4PM
83°
3 mph · E
0% CLOUD
6PM
83°
3 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
3 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
84°
8 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, one low

Next: High 8:47 AM · in 7h 51m
0.00.51.00.49 ft0.40 ft0.83 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
7:47
AM
0.49 ft
Low
10:24
AM
0.40 ft
High
6:31
PM
0.83 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (128°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.4s12AM3.5s2AM3.5s4AM3.5s6AM3.5s8AM3.5s10AM3.5s12PM3.5s2PM3.6s4PM3.6s6PM3.6s8PM3.5s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
14
Low
AM
3
PM
14
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

0.4 ft @ 3.5s SE

84.6°
SST
0.5 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
+14d
May 31
Full
+22d
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

29.89inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0212a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
14
7:47 AM · 0.49 ft
10:24 AM
6:31 PM · 0.83 ft
—
Sat May 9
23
8:47 AM · 0.53 ft
12:49 AM
7:38 PM · 0.79 ft
11:59 AM
Sun May 10
21
9:38 AM · 0.60 ft
1:41 AM
8:57 PM · 0.76 ft
1:35 PM
Mon May 11
19
10:18 AM · 0.68 ft
2:29 AM
10:17 PM · 0.74 ft
2:50 PM
Tue May 12
20
10:54 AM · 0.78 ft
3:12 AM
11:28 PM · 0.73 ft
3:52 PM
Wed May 13
28
11:30 AM · 0.88 ft
3:52 AM
—
4:47 PM
Thu May 14
36
12:32 AM · 0.72 ft
4:32 AM
12:06 PM · 0.98 ft
5:38 PM
Fri May 15
43
1:30 AM · 0.69 ft
5:11 AM
12:46 PM · 1.07 ft
6:28 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Cocoanut Key, Florida Bay
H
8h3m
East Bahia Honda Key, South End, Florida Bay
№ 8724094 · 2.2 mi
H 8:59 AM · 0.67 ft·L 11:58 AM · 0.52 ft
→
L
1h4m
West Bahia Honda Key
№ 8724129 · 3.3 mi
H 8:54 AM · 0.94 ft·L 2:00 AM · 0.11 ft
→
L
12m
Horseshoe Keys, South End
№ 8724139 · 3.3 mi
H 8:49 AM · 0.83 ft·L 1:08 AM · 0.11 ft
→
H
7h35m
Johnson Keys, South End
№ 8724153 · 4.0 mi
H 8:31 AM · 0.70 ft·L 11:42 AM · 0.73 ft
→
H
3h10m
Little Duck Key, East End, Hawk Channel
№ 8724093 · 4.4 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.65 ft·L 9:14 AM · 0.51 ft
→
H
4h2m
Money Key
№ 8724082 · 4.4 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.56 ft·L 10:26 AM · 0.44 ft
→
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