Fishonomics/Forecast
Long Key · Friday, May 8, 2026
Long Key
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
8mph
E (87°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
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Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.23/h
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Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 72°
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Cloud
2%humidity 71%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 47 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
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10AM
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12PM
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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 3:56 AM · in 3h 21m
High
2:56
AM
0.92 ft
Low
6:51
AM
0.45 ft
High
1:40
PM
1.55 ft
Low
9:16
PM
0.07 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (118°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
47
LowAM
15
PM
47
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
0.5 ft @ 3.6s SE
83.9°
SST
0.6 ft
Peak
━ 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
+15d
May 31
Full
+22d
Solunar · Windows
Feeding periods today
Quarter moon, no sun/transit overlap
Daylight 13h 13m
Minor
Moonrise
4:43 AM – 5:43 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:41 PM – 4:41 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.89inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
47
2:56 AM · 0.92 ft
6:51 AM
1:40 PM · 1.55 ft
9:16 PM
Sat May 9
43
3:56 AM · 1.00 ft
8:26 AM
2:47 PM · 1.48 ft
10:08 PM
Sun May 10
40
4:47 AM · 1.13 ft
10:02 AM
4:06 PM · 1.42 ft
10:56 PM
Mon May 11
37
5:27 AM · 1.28 ft
11:17 AM
5:26 PM · 1.39 ft
11:39 PM
Tue May 12
41
6:03 AM · 1.46 ft
12:19 PM
6:37 PM · 1.37 ft
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Wed May 13
52
6:39 AM · 1.65 ft
12:19 AM
7:41 PM · 1.34 ft
1:14 PM
Thu May 14
64
7:15 AM · 1.84 ft
12:59 AM
8:39 PM · 1.30 ft
2:05 PM
Fri May 15
74
7:55 AM · 2.01 ft
1:38 AM
9:34 PM · 1.23 ft
2:55 PM
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