Fishonomics/Forecast
Big Spanish Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Crawl
Key.
Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset — pressure falling — pre-front feeding window. A falling 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
9mph
E (97°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.34/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 75°
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Cloud
1%humidity 76%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 42 mi
Hourly
Conditions through the day
12AM
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2AM
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4AM
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6AM
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8AM
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10AM
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12PM
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2PM
82°
6 mph · NE
21% CLOUD
4PM
83°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
6PM
83°
3 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
83°
7 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 2:12 AM · in 2h 5m
Low
1:16
AM
0.02 ft
High
7:29
AM
1.19 ft
Low
11:47
AM
0.97 ft
High
6:13
PM
2.01 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (133°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
63
AverageAM
37
PM
63
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
MAY 8MAY 23JUN 6
Swell
0.4 ft @ 3s SE
84.8°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
━ 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
Minor
Moonrise
4:45 AM – 5:45 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:50 AM – 11:50 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM – 4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.91inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
63
7:29 AM · 1.19 ft
1:16 AM
6:13 PM · 2.01 ft
11:47 AM
Sat May 9
56
8:29 AM · 1.29 ft
2:12 AM
7:20 PM · 1.91 ft
1:22 PM
Sun May 10
50
9:20 AM · 1.45 ft
3:04 AM
8:39 PM · 1.83 ft
2:58 PM
Mon May 11
45
10:00 AM · 1.66 ft
3:52 AM
9:59 PM · 1.79 ft
4:13 PM
Tue May 12
48
10:36 AM · 1.89 ft
4:35 AM
11:10 PM · 1.77 ft
5:15 PM
Wed May 13
68
11:12 AM · 2.13 ft
5:15 AM
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6:10 PM
Thu May 14
87
12:14 AM · 1.74 ft
5:55 AM
11:48 AM · 2.37 ft
7:01 PM
Fri May 15
103
1:12 AM · 1.67 ft
6:34 AM
12:28 PM · 2.59 ft
7:51 PM
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