Fishonomics/Forecast
Niles Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Big Torch
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
4mph
E (101°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.06/h
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Air Temp
79°feels 88° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 81%
◓
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
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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
22% CLOUD
6PM
88°
3 mph · E
2% CLOUD
8PM
85°
3 mph · NE
3% CLOUD
10PM
80°
4 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, one low
Next: High 8:10 AM · in 6h 6m
High
7:10
AM
0.55 ft
Low
9:39
AM
0.52 ft
High
5:54
PM
0.92 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (130°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
13
LowAM
1
PM
13
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
0.4 ft @ 3.3s SE
84.3°
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
4:14 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
Minor
Moonrise
4:46 AM – 5:46 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:50 AM – 11:50 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:44 PM – 4:44 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.90inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
13
7:10 AM · 0.55 ft
9:39 AM
5:54 PM · 0.92 ft
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Sat May 9
25
8:10 AM · 0.59 ft
12:04 AM
7:01 PM · 0.88 ft
11:14 AM
Sun May 10
22
9:01 AM · 0.67 ft
12:56 AM
8:20 PM · 0.84 ft
12:50 PM
Mon May 11
20
9:41 AM · 0.76 ft
1:44 AM
9:40 PM · 0.82 ft
2:05 PM
Tue May 12
21
10:17 AM · 0.86 ft
2:27 AM
10:51 PM · 0.81 ft
3:07 PM
Wed May 13
31
10:53 AM · 0.98 ft
3:07 AM
11:55 PM · 0.80 ft
4:02 PM
Thu May 14
41
11:29 AM · 1.09 ft
3:47 AM
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4:53 PM
Fri May 15
49
12:53 AM · 0.77 ft
4:26 AM
12:09 PM · 1.19 ft
5:43 PM
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