Fishonomics/Forecast
South End, Harbor Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026

Howe
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
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2AM
—
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4AM
—
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—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
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2PM
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4PM
89°
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 2:48 AM · in 1h 46m
-0.50.00.51.01.50.01 ft0.64 ft0.45 ft1.09 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
Low
1:52
AM
0.01 ft
High
8:38
AM
0.64 ft
Low
12:23
PM
0.45 ft
High
7:22
PM
1.09 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (130°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.3s12AM3.5s2AM3.5s4AM3.5s6AM3.4s8AM3.4s10AM3.3s12PM3.1s2PM3.3s4PM3.4s6PM3.5s8PM3.5s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
34
Low
AM
20
PM
20
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 @ 3.4s 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 AM↓ 11:59 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:46 AM – 5:46 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

29.89inHg→ 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
34
8:38 AM · 0.64 ft
1:52 AM
7:22 PM · 1.09 ft
12:23 PM
Sat May 9
30
9:38 AM · 0.70 ft
2:48 AM
8:29 PM · 1.03 ft
1:58 PM
Sun May 10
27
10:29 AM · 0.79 ft
3:40 AM
9:48 PM · 0.99 ft
3:34 PM
Mon May 11
25
11:09 AM · 0.90 ft
4:28 AM
11:08 PM · 0.97 ft
4:49 PM
Tue May 12
27
11:45 AM · 1.02 ft
5:11 AM
—
5:51 PM
Wed May 13
37
12:19 AM · 0.96 ft
5:51 AM
12:21 PM · 1.15 ft
6:46 PM
Thu May 14
46
1:23 AM · 0.94 ft
6:31 AM
12:57 PM · 1.28 ft
7:37 PM
Fri May 15
54
2:21 AM · 0.91 ft
7:10 AM
1:37 PM · 1.40 ft
8:27 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Howe Key, South End, Harbor Channel
H
7h12m
Big Pine Key, Northeast Shore
№ 8724226 · 1.3 mi
H 8:14 AM · 0.83 ft·L 11:39 AM · 0.82 ft
→
L
2h53m
Big Pine Key, North End
№ 8724231 · 1.6 mi
H 9:19 AM · 0.93 ft·L 3:55 AM · 0.10 ft
→
H
7h8m
Big Torch Key, Niles Channel
№ 8724264 · 2.2 mi
H 8:10 AM · 0.59 ft·L 11:14 AM · 0.54 ft
→
L
2h48m
Big Torch Key, Harbor Channel
№ 8724274 · 2.4 mi
H 8:42 AM · 1.53 ft·L 3:50 AM · 0.15 ft
→
L
1h30m
Annette Key, North End, Big Spanish Channel
№ 8724229 · 2.5 mi
H 8:25 AM · 1.40 ft·L 2:32 AM · 0.15 ft
→
L
2h19m
Howe Key, Northwest End
№ 8724257 · 2.7 mi
H 8:24 AM · 1.63 ft·L 3:21 AM · 0.15 ft
→
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