Fishonomics/Forecast
South End · Friday, May 8, 2026
Horseshoe
Keys.
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
9mph
E (97°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.31/h
◇
Air Temp
83°feels 89° · dew 74°
○
Cloud
3%humidity 75%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 42 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
82°
6 mph · NE
11% CLOUD
4PM
83°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
6PM
83°
3 mph · S
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
3 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
83°
7 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 1:08 AM · in 18m
Low
12:12
AM
0.02 ft
High
7:49
AM
0.77 ft
Low
10:43
AM
0.73 ft
High
6:33
PM
1.30 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (130°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
41
LowAM
24
PM
41
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
0.4 ft @ 3.1s SE
85.1°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:15 AM
115° SE
Moonset
4:13 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
Minor
Moonrise
4:45 AM – 5:45 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:50 AM – 11:50 AM
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM – 4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
Pressure · 24h
Atmospheric pressure
29.91inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
41
7:49 AM · 0.77 ft
12:12 AM
6:33 PM · 1.30 ft
10:43 AM
Sat May 9
35
8:49 AM · 0.83 ft
1:08 AM
7:40 PM · 1.24 ft
12:18 PM
Sun May 10
31
9:40 AM · 0.94 ft
2:00 AM
8:59 PM · 1.19 ft
1:54 PM
Mon May 11
28
10:20 AM · 1.07 ft
2:48 AM
10:19 PM · 1.16 ft
3:09 PM
Tue May 12
30
10:56 AM · 1.22 ft
3:31 AM
11:30 PM · 1.15 ft
4:11 PM
Wed May 13
44
11:32 AM · 1.38 ft
4:11 AM
—
5:06 PM
Thu May 14
58
12:34 AM · 1.12 ft
4:51 AM
12:08 PM · 1.53 ft
5:57 PM
Fri May 15
69
1:32 AM · 1.08 ft
5:30 AM
12:48 PM · 1.68 ft
6:47 PM
Nearby
Other Florida Keys stations
Sorted by distance from Horseshoe Keys, South End
L
1h10m
West Bahia Honda Key
№ 8724129 · 1.2 mi
H 8:54 AM · 0.94 ft·L 2:00 AM · 0.11 ft
→
H
7h41m
Johnson Keys, South End
№ 8724153 · 1.9 mi
H 8:31 AM · 0.70 ft·L 11:42 AM · 0.73 ft
→
L
1h31m
Johnson Keys, North End
№ 8724172 · 2.5 mi
H 8:30 AM · 1.27 ft·L 2:21 AM · 0.16 ft
→
L
37m
Little Pine Key, North End
№ 8724177 · 3.1 mi
H 8:33 AM · 1.02 ft·L 1:27 AM · 0.14 ft
→
H
7h57m
Cocoanut Key, Florida Bay
№ 8724098 · 3.3 mi
H 8:47 AM · 0.53 ft·L 11:59 AM · 0.42 ft
→
H
8h9m
East Bahia Honda Key, South End, Florida Bay
№ 8724094 · 3.6 mi
H 8:59 AM · 0.67 ft·L 11:58 AM · 0.52 ft
→
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