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

Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key
Bridge.

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
6mph
E (85°) · gust 6 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable -0.04/h
◇
Air Temp
82°feels 89° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 72%
◓
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
87°
6 mph · NE
4% CLOUD
4PM
87°
4 mph · SE
1% CLOUD
6PM
85°
4 mph · S
3% CLOUD
8PM
82°
6 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
9 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 9:23 PM · in 1h 42m
-0.50.00.51.01.52.00.85 ft0.52 ft1.43 ft0.08 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PM
High
2:44
AM
0.85 ft
Low
6:58
AM
0.52 ft
High
1:28
PM
1.43 ft
Low
9:23
PM
0.08 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
43
Low
AM
11
PM
43
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

29.93inHg→ Stable
29.9029.9530.0030.05NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
43
2:44 AM · 0.85 ft
6:58 AM
1:28 PM · 1.43 ft
9:23 PM
Sat May 9
39
3:44 AM · 0.92 ft
8:33 AM
2:35 PM · 1.36 ft
10:15 PM
Sun May 10
35
4:35 AM · 1.04 ft
10:09 AM
3:54 PM · 1.31 ft
11:03 PM
Mon May 11
33
5:15 AM · 1.18 ft
11:24 AM
5:14 PM · 1.28 ft
11:46 PM
Tue May 12
37
5:51 AM · 1.35 ft
12:26 PM
6:25 PM · 1.26 ft
—
Wed May 13
48
6:27 AM · 1.52 ft
12:26 AM
7:29 PM · 1.24 ft
1:21 PM
Thu May 14
60
7:03 AM · 1.70 ft
1:06 AM
8:27 PM · 1.20 ft
2:12 PM
Fri May 15
70
7:43 AM · 1.85 ft
1:45 AM
9:22 PM · 1.13 ft
3:02 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key Bridge
H
7m
Fat Deer Key, Florida Bay
№ 8723949 · 0.9 mi
H 7:48 PM · 1.31 ft·L 4:25 AM · 0.10 ft
→
L
1h12m
Key Colony Beach
№ 8723962 · 1.2 mi
H 3:21 AM · 1.22 ft·L 8:53 PM · 0.13 ft
→
L
1h52m
Grassy Key, South Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8723933 · 4.8 mi
H 4:03 AM · 1.18 ft·L 9:33 PM · 0.08 ft
→
L
4h55m
Vaca Key, Uscg Station, Florida Bay
№ 8723970 · 5.0 mi
L 12:36 AM · -0.22 ft
→
L
1h41m
Boot Key Harbor Bridge, Boot Key
№ 8723971 · 5.1 mi
H 3:52 AM · 1.10 ft·L 9:22 PM · 0.09 ft
→
L
2h
Knight Key Channel, Knight Key, Florida Bay
№ 8724008 · 6.2 mi
H 4:53 AM · 0.52 ft·L 9:41 PM · 0.06 ft
→
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