Fishonomics/Forecast
Niles Channel Bridge · Friday, May 8, 2026

Ramrod
Key.

Major lunar window overlaps sunrise/sunset — pressure falling — pre-front feeding window. A high tide carries through the morning.

90
/ 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
5mph
E (98°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.15/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 87° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
4%humidity 80%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 36 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
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12PM
—
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2PM
—
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4PM
89°
8 mph · E
35% CLOUD
6PM
87°
6 mph · SE
2% CLOUD
8PM
84°
3 mph · E
52% CLOUD
10PM
80°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:42 AM · in 2h 53m
0.00.51.01.50.60 ft0.33 ft1.01 ft0.05 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:47 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:42
AM
0.60 ft
Low
8:46
AM
0.33 ft
High
2:26
PM
1.01 ft
Low
11:11
PM
0.05 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (132°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.8s12AM3.9s2AM3.9s4AM3.9s6AM3.8s8AM3.9s10AM4.0s12PM4.0s2PM4.0s4PM4.0s6PM4.0s8PM3.9s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
30
Low
AM
8
PM
30
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 @ 3.9s SE

84.3°
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
4:14 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
↑ 10:47 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
3:44 PM – 4:44 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
30
3:42 AM · 0.60 ft
8:46 AM
2:26 PM · 1.01 ft
11:11 PM
Sat May 9
19
4:42 AM · 0.65 ft
10:21 AM
3:33 PM · 0.96 ft
—
Sun May 10
26
5:33 AM · 0.73 ft
12:03 AM
4:52 PM · 0.92 ft
11:57 AM
Mon May 11
25
6:13 AM · 0.83 ft
12:51 AM
6:12 PM · 0.90 ft
1:12 PM
Tue May 12
26
6:49 AM · 0.95 ft
1:34 AM
7:23 PM · 0.89 ft
2:14 PM
Wed May 13
34
7:25 AM · 1.07 ft
2:14 AM
8:27 PM · 0.88 ft
3:09 PM
Thu May 14
42
8:01 AM · 1.20 ft
2:54 AM
9:25 PM · 0.84 ft
4:00 PM
Fri May 15
49
8:41 AM · 1.30 ft
3:33 AM
10:20 PM · 0.80 ft
4:50 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Ramrod Key, Niles Channel Bridge
H
2h56m
Summerland Key, Niles Channel Bridge
№ 8724267 · 0.8 mi
H 4:45 AM · 0.65 ft·L 10:05 AM · 0.44 ft
→
H
2h30m
Summerland Key, Niles Channel South
№ 8724266 · 0.9 mi
H 4:19 AM · 0.82 ft·L 9:20 AM · 0.54 ft
→
H
2h50m
Middle Torch Key, Torch Ramrod Channel
№ 8724237 · 1.4 mi
H 4:39 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:38 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
2h25m
Ramrod Key, Newfound Harbor
№ 8724239 · 1.4 mi
H 4:14 AM · 0.87 ft·L 9:14 AM · 0.38 ft
→
H
2h40m
Summerland Key, Southwest Side, Kemp Channel
№ 8724276 · 1.6 mi
H 4:29 AM · 0.79 ft·L 9:59 AM · 0.41 ft
→
H
3h17m
Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
№ 8724232 · 1.8 mi
H 5:06 AM · 0.55 ft·L 10:54 AM · 0.25 ft
→
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