Fishonomics/Forecast
Big Spanish Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026

Mayo
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
N
6mph
ESE (102°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.33/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 87° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
5%humidity 77%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 39 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
—
10AM
—
— mph
—
12PM
—
— mph
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2PM
88°
8 mph · NE
14% CLOUD
4PM
88°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
87°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
5 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 1:00 AM · in 1h 5m
-0.50.00.51.01.50.02 ft0.82 ft0.79 ft1.39 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
Low
12:04
AM
0.02 ft
High
7:30
AM
0.82 ft
Low
10:35
AM
0.79 ft
High
6:14
PM
1.39 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (134°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.4s12AM3.5s2AM3.4s4AM3.3s6AM3.2s8AM3.2s10AM3.2s12PM3.2s2PM3.3s4PM3.3s6PM3.4s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
43
Low
AM
25
PM
43
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 @ 3.3s SE

84.8°
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
+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
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.04NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
43
7:30 AM · 0.82 ft
12:04 AM
6:14 PM · 1.39 ft
10:35 AM
Sat May 9
38
8:30 AM · 0.89 ft
1:00 AM
7:21 PM · 1.32 ft
12:10 PM
Sun May 10
33
9:21 AM · 1.00 ft
1:52 AM
8:40 PM · 1.27 ft
1:46 PM
Mon May 11
30
10:01 AM · 1.15 ft
2:40 AM
10:00 PM · 1.24 ft
3:01 PM
Tue May 12
32
10:37 AM · 1.30 ft
3:23 AM
11:11 PM · 1.22 ft
4:03 PM
Wed May 13
47
11:13 AM · 1.47 ft
4:03 AM
—
4:58 PM
Thu May 14
62
12:15 AM · 1.20 ft
4:43 AM
11:49 AM · 1.64 ft
5:49 PM
Fri May 15
74
1:13 AM · 1.16 ft
5:22 AM
12:29 PM · 1.79 ft
6:39 PM
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L
33m
Porpoise Key, Big Spanish Channel
№ 8724196 · 1.2 mi
H 8:18 AM · 0.70 ft·L 12:28 AM · 0.11 ft
→
L
41m
Water Key, West End, Big Spanish Channel
№ 8724189 · 1.3 mi
H 8:18 AM · 0.79 ft·L 12:36 AM · 0.12 ft
→
L
34m
Big Pine Key, Northeast Shore
№ 8724226 · 1.6 mi
H 8:14 AM · 0.83 ft·L 12:29 AM · 0.12 ft
→
L
2h17m
Crawl Key, Big Spanish Channel
№ 8724199 · 1.6 mi
H 8:29 AM · 1.29 ft·L 2:12 AM · 0.15 ft
→
L
4h
Big Pine Key, North End
№ 8724231 · 2.2 mi
H 9:19 AM · 0.93 ft·L 3:55 AM · 0.10 ft
→
L
1h32m
Little Pine Key, North End
№ 8724177 · 2.4 mi
H 8:33 AM · 1.02 ft·L 1:27 AM · 0.14 ft
→
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