Fishonomics/Forecast
West End, Big Spanish Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Water
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
6mph
E (94°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.24/h
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Air Temp
80°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
2%humidity 77%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 39 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
86°
10 mph · NE
23% CLOUD
2PM
89°
8 mph · NE
14% CLOUD
4PM
88°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
87°
5 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, one low
Next: Low 12:36 AM · in 1h 13m
High
7:18
AM
0.72 ft
Low
10:11
AM
0.76 ft
High
6:02
PM
1.22 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (134°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
15
LowAM
1
PM
15
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 @ 3.3s SE
84.7°
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
+15d
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
29.95inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
15
7:18 AM · 0.72 ft
10:11 AM
6:02 PM · 1.22 ft
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Sat May 9
33
8:18 AM · 0.79 ft
12:36 AM
7:09 PM · 1.16 ft
11:46 AM
Sun May 10
29
9:09 AM · 0.88 ft
1:28 AM
8:28 PM · 1.12 ft
1:22 PM
Mon May 11
26
9:49 AM · 1.01 ft
2:16 AM
9:48 PM · 1.09 ft
2:37 PM
Tue May 12
28
10:25 AM · 1.15 ft
2:59 AM
10:59 PM · 1.08 ft
3:39 PM
Wed May 13
41
11:01 AM · 1.30 ft
3:39 AM
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4:34 PM
Thu May 14
55
12:03 AM · 1.06 ft
4:19 AM
11:37 AM · 1.45 ft
5:25 PM
Fri May 15
67
1:01 AM · 1.02 ft
4:58 AM
12:17 PM · 1.58 ft
6:15 PM
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