Fishonomics/Forecast
Florida Bay · Friday, May 8, 2026

Fat Deer
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
N
6mph
E (86°) · gust 7 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.10/h
◇
Air Temp
81°feels 87° · dew 71°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 73%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 43 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
—
— mph
—
2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
—
10AM
84°
8 mph · N
100% CLOUD
12PM
86°
7 mph · NE
11% CLOUD
2PM
88°
5 mph · NE
5% CLOUD
4PM
87°
3 mph · SE
1% CLOUD
6PM
85°
5 mph · SE
2% CLOUD
8PM
82°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
7 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 4:25 AM · in 7h 38m
-0.50.00.51.01.50.01 ft0.78 ft0.63 ft1.31 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PM
Low
3:29
AM
0.01 ft
High
9:04
AM
0.78 ft
Low
2:00
PM
0.63 ft
High
7:48
PM
1.31 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (125°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.5s12AM3.5s2AM3.5s4AM3.5s6AM3.6s8AM3.6s10AM3.6s12PM3.6s2PM3.6s4PM3.6s6PM3.6s8PM3.4s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
41
Low
AM
24
PM
22
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
0.6 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:14 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:12 PM
247° SW
May 9
Last Quarter
+1d
May 16
New
+8d
May 23
First Quarter
+15d
May 31
Full
+23d
Solunar · Windows

Feeding periods today

Quarter moon, no sun/transit overlap
Daylight 13h 13m
↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:44 AM – 5:44 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:40 AM – 11:40 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:42 PM – 4:42 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.94inHg→ Stable
29.9029.9530.0030.05NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
41
9:04 AM · 0.78 ft
3:29 AM
7:48 PM · 1.31 ft
2:00 PM
Sat May 9
36
10:04 AM · 0.84 ft
4:25 AM
8:55 PM · 1.25 ft
3:35 PM
Sun May 10
32
10:55 AM · 0.95 ft
5:17 AM
10:14 PM · 1.20 ft
5:11 PM
Mon May 11
30
11:35 AM · 1.08 ft
6:05 AM
11:34 PM · 1.17 ft
6:26 PM
Tue May 12
32
12:11 PM · 1.23 ft
6:48 AM
—
7:28 PM
Wed May 13
44
12:45 AM · 1.16 ft
7:28 AM
12:47 PM · 1.39 ft
8:23 PM
Thu May 14
57
1:49 AM · 1.14 ft
8:08 AM
1:23 PM · 1.55 ft
9:14 PM
Fri May 15
68
2:47 AM · 1.09 ft
8:47 AM
2:03 PM · 1.69 ft
10:04 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Fat Deer Key, Florida Bay
L
36m
Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key Bridge
№ 8723950 · 0.9 mi
H 3:44 AM · 0.92 ft·L 9:23 PM · 0.08 ft
→
L
6m
Key Colony Beach
№ 8723962 · 1.0 mi
H 3:21 AM · 1.22 ft·L 8:53 PM · 0.13 ft
→
L
46m
Grassy Key, South Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723933 · 4.0 mi
H 4:03 AM · 1.18 ft·L 9:33 PM · 0.08 ft
→
L
8h
Grassy Key, North Side, Florida Bay
№ 8723921 · 5.5 mi
H 10:35 AM · 0.71 ft·L 4:47 AM · 0.12 ft
→
L
3h49m
Vaca Key, Uscg Station, Florida Bay
№ 8723970 · 5.8 mi
L 12:36 AM · -0.22 ft
→
L
35m
Boot Key Harbor Bridge, Boot Key
№ 8723971 · 5.9 mi
H 3:52 AM · 1.10 ft·L 9:22 PM · 0.09 ft
→
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