Fishonomics/Forecast
Spanish Harbor · Friday, May 8, 2026

Big Pine
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
7mph
E (90°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.09/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 76%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 40 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
86°
10 mph · NE
31% CLOUD
2PM
88°
8 mph · NE
12% CLOUD
4PM
87°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
85°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
7 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 9:56 PM · in 2m
0.00.51.01.50.67 ft0.30 ft1.13 ft0.05 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:11
AM
0.67 ft
Low
7:31
AM
0.30 ft
High
1:55
PM
1.13 ft
Low
9:56
PM
0.05 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (130°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.8s12AM3.9s2AM3.8s4AM3.8s6AM3.8s8AM3.7s10AM3.7s12PM3.8s2PM3.8s4PM3.8s6PM3.8s8PM3.5s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
34
Low
AM
12
PM
34
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 @ 3.7s SE

83.4°
SST
0.7 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
+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)
9:50 AM – 11:50 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

29.92inHg→ Stable
29.8529.9029.9530.0030.05NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
34
3:11 AM · 0.67 ft
7:31 AM
1:55 PM · 1.13 ft
9:56 PM
Sat May 9
31
4:11 AM · 0.73 ft
9:06 AM
3:02 PM · 1.08 ft
10:48 PM
Sun May 10
29
5:02 AM · 0.82 ft
10:42 AM
4:21 PM · 1.03 ft
11:36 PM
Mon May 11
25
5:42 AM · 0.93 ft
11:57 AM
5:41 PM · 1.01 ft
—
Tue May 12
30
6:18 AM · 1.06 ft
12:19 AM
6:52 PM · 1.00 ft
12:59 PM
Wed May 13
38
6:54 AM · 1.20 ft
12:59 AM
7:56 PM · 0.98 ft
1:54 PM
Thu May 14
46
7:30 AM · 1.34 ft
1:39 AM
8:54 PM · 0.94 ft
2:45 PM
Fri May 15
53
8:10 AM · 1.46 ft
2:18 AM
9:49 PM · 0.89 ft
3:35 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Big Pine Key, Spanish Harbor
L
54m
Big Pine Key, Coupon Bight
№ 8724192 · 1.3 mi
H 4:35 AM · 0.84 ft·L 10:48 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
1h48m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 2.8 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:42 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
49m
Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
№ 8724215 · 2.8 mi
H 4:46 AM · 0.80 ft·L 10:43 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
1h8m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724213 · 3.0 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.65 ft·L 11:02 PM · 0.04 ft
→
H
6h15m
Bahia Honda Key, Bahia Honda Channel
№ 8724138 · 3.1 mi
H 4:09 AM · 0.83 ft·L 8:41 AM · 0.48 ft
→
L
1h52m
Big Pine Key, Doctors Arm, Bogie Channel
№ 8724201 · 3.3 mi
H 5:36 AM · 0.61 ft·L 11:46 PM · 0.08 ft
→
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