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

Little Torch
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 (101°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.35/h
◇
Air Temp
80°feels 87° · dew 73°
○
Cloud
0%humidity 78%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 39 mi
Hourly

Conditions through the day

12AM
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— mph
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2AM
—
— mph
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4AM
—
— mph
—
6AM
—
— mph
—
8AM
—
— mph
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10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
—
— mph
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2PM
90°
9 mph · E
30% CLOUD
4PM
88°
8 mph · E
11% CLOUD
6PM
86°
6 mph · SE
1% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · E
37% CLOUD
10PM
80°
6 mph · E
1% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 4:40 AM · in 4h 4m
0.00.51.01.50.61 ft0.24 ft1.03 ft0.04 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
3:40
AM
0.61 ft
Low
8:31
AM
0.24 ft
High
2:24
PM
1.03 ft
Low
10:56
PM
0.04 ft
Swell · Hourly

From the SE (131°)

0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft3.8s12AM3.9s2AM3.9s4AM3.9s6AM3.9s8AM3.9s10AM3.9s12PM4.0s2PM4.0s4PM4.0s6PM4.0s8PM3.8s10PM
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
31
Low
AM
12
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

0.5 ft @ 3.9s SE

84.0°
SST
0.7 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

29.91inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0212a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
31
3:40 AM · 0.61 ft
8:31 AM
2:24 PM · 1.03 ft
10:56 PM
Sat May 9
29
4:40 AM · 0.66 ft
10:06 AM
3:31 PM · 0.98 ft
11:48 PM
Sun May 10
23
5:31 AM · 0.74 ft
11:42 AM
4:50 PM · 0.94 ft
—
Mon May 11
26
6:11 AM · 0.85 ft
12:36 AM
6:10 PM · 0.92 ft
12:57 PM
Tue May 12
28
6:47 AM · 0.96 ft
1:19 AM
7:21 PM · 0.91 ft
1:59 PM
Wed May 13
35
7:23 AM · 1.09 ft
1:59 AM
8:25 PM · 0.89 ft
2:54 PM
Thu May 14
41
7:59 AM · 1.21 ft
2:39 AM
9:23 PM · 0.86 ft
3:45 PM
Fri May 15
47
8:39 AM · 1.32 ft
3:18 AM
10:18 PM · 0.81 ft
4:35 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
H
4h6m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724224 · 0.0 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:03 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
4h30m
Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
№ 8724232 · 0.5 mi
H 5:06 AM · 0.55 ft·L 10:54 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
4h6m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724213 · 1.0 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.65 ft·L 10:12 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
4h3m
Middle Torch Key, Torch Ramrod Channel
№ 8724237 · 1.0 mi
H 4:39 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:38 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
4h10m
Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
№ 8724215 · 1.2 mi
H 4:46 AM · 0.80 ft·L 9:53 AM · 0.35 ft
→
H
4h22m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 1.2 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 10:52 AM · 0.25 ft
→
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