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

Sombrero
Key.

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
ENE (77°) · gust 7 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1013mb
→ stable -0.07/h
◇
Air Temp
82°feels 89° · dew 74°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 76%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 41 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
—
— mph
—
2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
—
10AM
81°
5 mph · N
100% CLOUD
<0.05 IN RAIN
12PM
82°
8 mph · NE
3% CLOUD
2PM
82°
8 mph · E
0% CLOUD
4PM
82°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
6PM
82°
3 mph · SE
0% CLOUD
8PM
82°
7 mph · E
0% CLOUD
10PM
82°
12 mph · E
4% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: Low 9:20 PM · in 1h 37m
-0.50.00.51.01.52.01.05 ft0.57 ft1.78 ft0.09 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:45 AM↓ 11:58 PM
High
2:52
AM
1.05 ft
Low
6:55
AM
0.57 ft
High
1:36
PM
1.78 ft
Low
9:20
PM
0.09 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (126°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.8s12AM3.9s2AM3.9s4AM3.9s6AM3.9s8AM3.9s10AM3.9s12PM3.8s2PM3.9s4PM3.9s6PM3.9s8PM3.5s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
54
Average
AM
15
PM
54
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

0.6 ft @ 3.8s SE

83.2°
SST
0.7 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
29.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.0430.06NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
54
2:52 AM · 1.05 ft
6:55 AM
1:36 PM · 1.78 ft
9:20 PM
Sat May 9
49
3:52 AM · 1.15 ft
8:30 AM
2:43 PM · 1.69 ft
10:12 PM
Sun May 10
45
4:43 AM · 1.29 ft
10:06 AM
4:02 PM · 1.63 ft
11:00 PM
Mon May 11
42
5:23 AM · 1.47 ft
11:21 AM
5:22 PM · 1.59 ft
11:43 PM
Tue May 12
46
5:59 AM · 1.67 ft
12:23 PM
6:33 PM · 1.57 ft
—
Wed May 13
60
6:35 AM · 1.89 ft
12:23 AM
7:37 PM · 1.54 ft
1:18 PM
Thu May 14
74
7:11 AM · 2.10 ft
1:03 AM
8:35 PM · 1.49 ft
2:09 PM
Fri May 15
86
7:51 AM · 2.30 ft
1:42 AM
9:30 PM · 1.40 ft
2:59 PM
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L
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Boot Key Harbor Bridge, Boot Key
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H 3:52 AM · 1.10 ft·L 9:22 PM · 0.09 ft
→
L
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Knight Key Channel, Knight Key, Florida Bay
№ 8724008 · 5.6 mi
H 4:53 AM · 0.52 ft·L 9:41 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
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Vaca Key, Uscg Station, Florida Bay
№ 8723970 · 5.8 mi
L 12:36 AM · -0.22 ft
→
L
1h50m
Pigeon Key, South Side, Hawk Channel
№ 8724032 · 6.0 mi
H 4:00 AM · 0.79 ft·L 9:33 PM · 0.06 ft
→
L
3h1m
Pigeon Key, North Side, Florida Bay
№ 8724033 · 6.1 mi
H 4:45 AM · 0.45 ft·L 10:44 PM · 0.05 ft
→
L
2h
Molasses Key Channel, Molasses Keys
№ 8724062 · 6.4 mi
H 3:59 AM · 0.77 ft·L 9:43 PM · 0.06 ft
→
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