Fishonomics/Forecast
Northwest End · 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
6mph
E (90°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.15/h
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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
—
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10AM
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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
4% CLOUD
10PM
81°
6 mph · E
2% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 3:21 AM · in 1h 24m
Low
2:25
AM
0.02 ft
High
7:24
AM
1.50 ft
Low
12:56
PM
0.97 ft
High
6:08
PM
2.54 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (131°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
80
HighAM
47
PM
50
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
0.3 ft @ 2.9s SE
84.4°
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
80
7:24 AM · 1.50 ft
2:25 AM
6:08 PM · 2.54 ft
12:56 PM
Sat May 9
72
8:24 AM · 1.63 ft
3:21 AM
7:15 PM · 2.41 ft
2:31 PM
Sun May 10
65
9:15 AM · 1.83 ft
4:13 AM
8:34 PM · 2.31 ft
4:07 PM
Mon May 11
60
9:55 AM · 2.09 ft
5:01 AM
9:54 PM · 2.26 ft
5:22 PM
Tue May 12
64
10:31 AM · 2.38 ft
5:44 AM
11:05 PM · 2.24 ft
6:24 PM
Wed May 13
86
11:07 AM · 2.69 ft
6:24 AM
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7:19 PM
Thu May 14
107
12:09 AM · 2.19 ft
7:04 AM
11:43 AM · 3.00 ft
8:10 PM
Fri May 15
120
1:07 AM · 2.12 ft
7:43 AM
12:23 PM · 3.27 ft
9:00 PM
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