Fishonomics/Forecast
Spanish Banks · Friday, May 8, 2026
Little Spanish
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
6mph
E (90°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.15/h
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Air Temp
81°feels 88° · dew 72°
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Cloud
0%humidity 75%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 41 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
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4PM
88°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
87°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
5 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
81°
6 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 2:29 AM · in 1h 17m
Low
1:33
AM
0.03 ft
High
7:20
AM
1.55 ft
Low
12:04
PM
1.18 ft
High
6:04
PM
2.63 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (129°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
82
HighAM
48
PM
46
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
5:16 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:13 PM
247° SW
May 9
Last Quarter
+1d
May 16
New
+8d
May 23
First Quarter
+14d
May 31
Full
+22d
Solunar · Windows
Feeding periods today
Quarter moon, no sun/transit overlap
Daylight 13h 13m
Minor
Moonrise
4:46 AM – 5:46 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
29.89inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
82
7:20 AM · 1.55 ft
1:33 AM
6:04 PM · 2.63 ft
12:04 PM
Sat May 9
73
8:20 AM · 1.69 ft
2:29 AM
7:11 PM · 2.50 ft
1:39 PM
Sun May 10
66
9:11 AM · 1.90 ft
3:21 AM
8:30 PM · 2.40 ft
3:15 PM
Mon May 11
60
9:51 AM · 2.17 ft
4:09 AM
9:50 PM · 2.35 ft
4:30 PM
Tue May 12
64
10:27 AM · 2.47 ft
4:52 AM
11:01 PM · 2.32 ft
5:32 PM
Wed May 13
89
11:03 AM · 2.79 ft
5:32 AM
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6:27 PM
Thu May 14
113
12:05 AM · 2.27 ft
6:12 AM
11:39 AM · 3.10 ft
7:18 PM
Fri May 15
120
1:03 AM · 2.19 ft
6:51 AM
12:19 PM · 3.39 ft
8:08 PM
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L
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L
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H
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H
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L
1h9m
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№ 8724172 · 2.9 mi
H 8:30 AM · 1.27 ft·L 2:21 AM · 0.16 ft
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