Fishonomics/Forecast
Pine Channel Bridge, South Side · Friday, May 8, 2026

Big Pine
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
E (90°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.25/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
1%humidity 77%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 42 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
—
4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
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8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
86°
10 mph · NE
31% CLOUD
2PM
88°
8 mph · NE
12% CLOUD
4PM
87°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
86°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
80°
7 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:42 AM · in 5h 18m
0.00.51.01.50.60 ft0.24 ft1.01 ft0.04 ftNOW00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:42
AM
0.60 ft
Low
8:37
AM
0.24 ft
High
2:26
PM
1.01 ft
Low
11:02
PM
0.04 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (134°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.4s12AM3.5s2AM3.4s4AM3.3s6AM3.2s8AM3.2s10AM3.2s12PM3.2s2PM3.3s4PM3.3s6PM3.4s8PM3.1s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
31
Low
AM
11
PM
31
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

0.4 ft @ 3.3s SE

84.0°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
0006121823
━ 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
↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PMMAJORMAJORMINORMINOR12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a
Minor
Moonrise
4:45 AM – 5:45 AM
Major
Lunar transit (overhead)
9:50 AM – 11:50 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Minor
Moonset
3:43 PM – 4:43 PM
Major
Lunar underfoot
10:10 PM – 12:10 AM
↑ Sun overlap
Pressure · 24h

Atmospheric pressure

29.95inHg→ Stable
29.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.04NOW12a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
31
3:42 AM · 0.60 ft
8:37 AM
2:26 PM · 1.01 ft
11:02 PM
Sat May 9
28
4:42 AM · 0.65 ft
10:12 AM
3:33 PM · 0.96 ft
11:54 PM
Sun May 10
22
5:33 AM · 0.73 ft
11:48 AM
4:52 PM · 0.92 ft
—
Mon May 11
26
6:13 AM · 0.83 ft
12:42 AM
6:12 PM · 0.90 ft
1:03 PM
Tue May 12
27
6:49 AM · 0.95 ft
1:25 AM
7:23 PM · 0.89 ft
2:05 PM
Wed May 13
34
7:25 AM · 1.07 ft
2:05 AM
8:27 PM · 0.88 ft
3:00 PM
Thu May 14
41
8:01 AM · 1.20 ft
2:45 AM
9:25 PM · 0.84 ft
3:51 PM
Fri May 15
47
8:41 AM · 1.30 ft
3:24 AM
10:20 PM · 0.80 ft
4:41 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
L
18m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 0.2 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:42 PM · 0.04 ft
→
H
5h16m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724223 · 1.0 mi
H 4:40 AM · 0.66 ft·L 10:06 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
5h18m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724224 · 1.0 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:03 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
5h22m
Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
№ 8724215 · 1.2 mi
H 4:46 AM · 0.80 ft·L 9:53 AM · 0.35 ft
→
L
20m
Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
№ 8724232 · 1.5 mi
H 5:06 AM · 0.55 ft·L 11:44 PM · 0.04 ft
→
L
27m
Big Pine Key, West Side, Pine Channel
№ 8724227 · 1.7 mi
H 5:16 AM · 0.51 ft·L 11:51 PM · 0.05 ft
→
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