Fishonomics/Forecast
Newfound Harbor Channel · 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 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.20/h
◇
Air Temp
79°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 78%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 41 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
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4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
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8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
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— mph
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12PM
87°
10 mph · NE
36% CLOUD
2PM
90°
9 mph · E
30% CLOUD
4PM
88°
8 mph · E
11% CLOUD
6PM
86°
6 mph · E
1% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
6 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:46 AM · in 5h 54m
0.00.51.01.50.73 ft0.33 ft1.24 ft0.05 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:46
AM
0.73 ft
Low
8:18
AM
0.33 ft
High
2:30
PM
1.24 ft
Low
10:43
PM
0.05 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
38
Low
AM
13
PM
38
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
38
3:46 AM · 0.73 ft
8:18 AM
2:30 PM · 1.24 ft
10:43 PM
Sat May 9
34
4:46 AM · 0.80 ft
9:53 AM
3:37 PM · 1.18 ft
11:35 PM
Sun May 10
26
5:37 AM · 0.90 ft
11:29 AM
4:56 PM · 1.13 ft
—
Mon May 11
31
6:17 AM · 1.02 ft
12:23 AM
6:16 PM · 1.10 ft
12:44 PM
Tue May 12
33
6:53 AM · 1.16 ft
1:06 AM
7:27 PM · 1.09 ft
1:46 PM
Wed May 13
42
7:29 AM · 1.31 ft
1:46 AM
8:31 PM · 1.07 ft
2:41 PM
Thu May 14
50
8:05 AM · 1.46 ft
2:26 AM
9:29 PM · 1.03 ft
3:32 PM
Fri May 15
58
8:45 AM · 1.60 ft
3:05 AM
10:24 PM · 0.98 ft
4:22 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
L
10m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724213 · 1.2 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.65 ft·L 11:02 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
4m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724223 · 1.2 mi
H 4:40 AM · 0.66 ft·L 10:56 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
1m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724224 · 1.2 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:53 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
50m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 1.3 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:42 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
52m
Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
№ 8724232 · 1.6 mi
H 5:06 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:44 PM · 0.04 ft
→
H
5h43m
Big Pine Key, Coupon Bight
№ 8724192 · 1.6 mi
H 4:35 AM · 0.84 ft·L 9:58 AM · 0.38 ft
→
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