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
N
6mph
E (90°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.15/h
Air Temp
81°feels 88° · dew 72°
Cloud
0%humidity 75%
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 41 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
mph
2AM
mph
4AM
mph
6AM
mph
8AM
mph
10AM
mph
12PM
mph
2PM
mph
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
0.01.02.03.00.03 ft1.55 ft1.18 ft2.63 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:0010:46 AM11:59 PM
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°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.0s12AM3.1s2AM3.1s4AM3.1s6AM3.0s8AM3.0s10AM2.9s12PM2.8s2PM2.9s4PM3.0s6PM3.1s8PM3.2s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
82
High
AM
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
TDY
MAY 8MAY 23JUN 6
Swell

0.4 ft @ 3s SE

84.8°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:16 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
10:46 AM11:59 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:46 AM5:46 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:50 AM11:50 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.89inHg Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0012a6a12p6p12a
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
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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