Fishonomics/Forecast
Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026

Matecumbe
Bight.

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 7 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1015mb
→ stable -0.05/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 90° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
2%humidity 71%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 49 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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2AM
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4AM
—
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6AM
—
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8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
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12PM
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2PM
83°
2 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
4PM
83°
6 mph · S
0% CLOUD
6PM
84°
7 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
5 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
10PM
84°
7 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:37 AM · in 2h 21m
0.00.51.00.49 ft0.28 ft0.83 ft0.04 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:43 AM↓ 11:57 PM
High
3:37
AM
0.49 ft
Low
8:07
AM
0.28 ft
High
2:21
PM
0.83 ft
Low
10:32
PM
0.04 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (114°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.3s12AM3.4s2AM3.5s4AM3.6s6AM3.7s8AM3.8s10AM3.8s12PM3.8s2PM3.8s4PM3.9s6PM3.8s8PM3.2s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
25
Low
AM
7
PM
25
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 @ 3.6s SE

84.5°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:13 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:10 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
↑ 10:43 AM↓ 11:57 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM – 5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.90inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0212a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
25
3:37 AM · 0.49 ft
8:07 AM
2:21 PM · 0.83 ft
10:32 PM
Sat May 9
23
4:37 AM · 0.53 ft
9:42 AM
3:28 PM · 0.79 ft
11:24 PM
Sun May 10
16
5:28 AM · 0.60 ft
11:18 AM
4:47 PM · 0.76 ft
—
Mon May 11
20
6:08 AM · 0.68 ft
12:12 AM
6:07 PM · 0.74 ft
12:33 PM
Tue May 12
22
6:44 AM · 0.78 ft
12:55 AM
7:18 PM · 0.73 ft
1:35 PM
Wed May 13
28
7:20 AM · 0.88 ft
1:35 AM
8:22 PM · 0.72 ft
2:30 PM
Thu May 14
34
7:56 AM · 0.98 ft
2:15 AM
9:20 PM · 0.69 ft
3:21 PM
Fri May 15
40
8:36 AM · 1.07 ft
2:54 AM
10:15 PM · 0.65 ft
4:11 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Matecumbe Bight, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
H
1h14m
Indian Key Anchorage, Lower Matecumbe Key
№ 8723851 · 0.9 mi
H 3:30 AM · 1.34 ft·L 8:15 AM · 0.67 ft
→
H
2h14m
Matecumbe Harbor, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723862 · 1.7 mi
H 4:30 AM · 0.57 ft·L 9:32 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
1h50m
Channel Two, East, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723868 · 2.4 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.82 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.41 ft
→
H
3h11m
Lignumvitae Key, West Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723825 · 2.5 mi
H 5:27 AM · 0.46 ft·L 11:03 AM · 0.36 ft
→
H
1h41m
Indian Key, Hawk Channel
№ 8723843 · 2.6 mi
H 3:57 AM · 1.26 ft·L 8:34 AM · 0.54 ft
→
H
1h33m
Channel Two, West Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723869 · 2.8 mi
H 3:49 AM · 1.09 ft·L 8:15 AM · 0.57 ft
→
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