Fishonomics/Forecast
West Side · Friday, May 8, 2026

Missouri Key-Ohio Key
Channel.

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
6mph
ENE (64°) · gust 6 mph
Light–moderate
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.07/h
Air Temp
82°feels 89° · 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 · N
99% CLOUD
12PM
82°
10 mph · NE
2% CLOUD
2PM
82°
7 mph · NE
3% CLOUD
4PM
83°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
6PM
82°
3 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
6 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
82°
12 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 9:37 PM · in 1h 46m
0.00.51.01.50.69 ft0.36 ft1.16 ft0.06 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:0010:46 AM11:59 PM
High
3:08
AM
0.69 ft
Low
7:12
AM
0.36 ft
High
1:52
PM
1.16 ft
Low
9:37
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
35
Low
AM
10
PM
35
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 AM11:59 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:45 AM5:45 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.92inHg 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
35
3:08 AM · 0.69 ft
7:12 AM
1:52 PM · 1.16 ft
9:37 PM
Sat May 9
32
4:08 AM · 0.75 ft
8:47 AM
2:59 PM · 1.10 ft
10:29 PM
Sun May 10
29
4:59 AM · 0.84 ft
10:23 AM
4:18 PM · 1.06 ft
11:17 PM
Mon May 11
25
5:39 AM · 0.96 ft
11:38 AM
5:38 PM · 1.04 ft
Tue May 12
30
6:15 AM · 1.09 ft
12:00 AM
6:49 PM · 1.02 ft
12:40 PM
Wed May 13
39
6:51 AM · 1.23 ft
12:40 AM
7:53 PM · 1.00 ft
1:35 PM
Thu May 14
48
7:27 AM · 1.37 ft
1:20 AM
8:51 PM · 0.97 ft
2:26 PM
Fri May 15
56
8:07 AM · 1.50 ft
1:59 AM
9:46 PM · 0.92 ft
3:16 PM
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