Fishonomics/Forecast
West Side, Hawk Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026

Channel
Five.

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
8mph
E (87°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.23/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
2%humidity 71%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 47 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

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

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 3:57 AM · in 3h 2m
-0.50.00.51.01.52.00.89 ft0.49 ft1.51 ft0.08 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:44 AM↓ 11:57 PM
High
2:57
AM
0.89 ft
Low
6:53
AM
0.49 ft
High
1:41
PM
1.51 ft
Low
9:18
PM
0.08 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (118°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.0s12AM3.0s2AM2.8s4AM2.9s6AM3.2s8AM3.4s10AM3.5s12PM3.5s2PM3.5s4PM3.5s6PM3.5s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
45
Low
AM
13
PM
45
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 @ 3.2s SE

85.0°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:13 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:11 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
↑ 10:44 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
3:41 PM – 4:41 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.89inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.0412a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
45
2:57 AM · 0.89 ft
6:53 AM
1:41 PM · 1.51 ft
9:18 PM
Sat May 9
41
3:57 AM · 0.97 ft
8:28 AM
2:48 PM · 1.44 ft
10:10 PM
Sun May 10
38
4:48 AM · 1.09 ft
10:04 AM
4:07 PM · 1.38 ft
10:58 PM
Mon May 11
36
5:28 AM · 1.24 ft
11:19 AM
5:27 PM · 1.35 ft
11:41 PM
Tue May 12
39
6:04 AM · 1.42 ft
12:21 PM
6:38 PM · 1.33 ft
—
Wed May 13
51
6:40 AM · 1.60 ft
12:21 AM
7:42 PM · 1.30 ft
1:16 PM
Thu May 14
63
7:16 AM · 1.78 ft
1:01 AM
8:40 PM · 1.26 ft
2:07 PM
Fri May 15
72
7:56 AM · 1.95 ft
1:40 AM
9:35 PM · 1.19 ft
2:57 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Channel Five, West Side, Hawk Channel
H
3h6m
Channel Five, East Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723874 · 0.9 mi
H 4:01 AM · 0.87 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.44 ft
→
H
3h49m
Jewfish Hole, Long Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723873 · 1.2 mi
H 4:44 AM · 0.41 ft·L 10:41 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
2h54m
Channel Two, West Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723869 · 1.7 mi
H 3:49 AM · 1.09 ft·L 8:15 AM · 0.57 ft
→
H
3h1m
Long Key Bight, Long Key
№ 8723879 · 2.0 mi
H 3:56 AM · 1.00 ft·L 8:26 AM · 0.47 ft
→
H
3h11m
Channel Two, East, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723868 · 2.0 mi
H 4:06 AM · 0.82 ft·L 8:27 AM · 0.41 ft
→
H
3h35m
Matecumbe Harbor, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
№ 8723862 · 2.6 mi
H 4:30 AM · 0.57 ft·L 9:32 AM · 0.25 ft
→
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