Fishonomics/Forecast
Coupon Bight · 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
1014mb
→ stable +0.19/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 77%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 42 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
86°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
7 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:35 AM · in 5h 45m
-0.50.00.51.01.50.78 ft0.36 ft1.31 ft0.06 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:35
AM
0.78 ft
Low
8:23
AM
0.36 ft
High
2:19
PM
1.31 ft
Low
10:48
PM
0.06 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (133°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.8s12AM3.9s2AM3.8s4AM3.7s6AM3.7s8AM3.7s10AM3.7s12PM3.8s2PM3.8s4PM3.8s6PM3.8s8PM3.5s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
40
Low
AM
13
PM
40
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

84.0°
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

29.95inHg→ Stable
29.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.04NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
40
3:35 AM · 0.78 ft
8:23 AM
2:19 PM · 1.31 ft
10:48 PM
Sat May 9
36
4:35 AM · 0.84 ft
9:58 AM
3:26 PM · 1.25 ft
11:40 PM
Sun May 10
27
5:26 AM · 0.95 ft
11:34 AM
4:45 PM · 1.20 ft
—
Mon May 11
33
6:06 AM · 1.08 ft
12:28 AM
6:05 PM · 1.17 ft
12:49 PM
Tue May 12
35
6:42 AM · 1.23 ft
1:11 AM
7:16 PM · 1.16 ft
1:51 PM
Wed May 13
44
7:18 AM · 1.39 ft
1:51 AM
8:20 PM · 1.14 ft
2:46 PM
Thu May 14
54
7:54 AM · 1.55 ft
2:31 AM
9:18 PM · 1.09 ft
3:37 PM
Fri May 15
62
8:34 AM · 1.69 ft
3:10 AM
10:13 PM · 1.03 ft
4:27 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Big Pine Key, Coupon Bight
H
5h21m
Big Pine Key, Spanish Harbor
№ 8724178 · 1.3 mi
H 4:11 AM · 0.73 ft·L 9:06 AM · 0.32 ft
→
H
5h56m
Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
№ 8724215 · 1.6 mi
H 4:46 AM · 0.80 ft·L 9:53 AM · 0.35 ft
→
L
52m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 1.7 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:42 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
12m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724213 · 1.8 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.65 ft·L 11:02 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
6m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724223 · 2.5 mi
H 4:40 AM · 0.66 ft·L 10:56 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
3m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724224 · 2.5 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:53 PM · 0.04 ft
→
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