Fishonomics/Forecast
West Side, Pine Channel · 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
5mph
E (93°) · gust 9 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.35/h
◇
Air Temp
79°feels 86° · dew 72°
○
Cloud
4%humidity 79%
◓
UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 38 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
—
10AM
—
— mph
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12PM
—
— mph
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2PM
90°
8 mph · NE
34% CLOUD
4PM
89°
7 mph · E
7% CLOUD
6PM
87°
5 mph · E
0% CLOUD
8PM
83°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
79°
4 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide

Two highs, two lows

Next: High 5:16 AM · in 4h 42m
0.00.51.00.46 ft0.30 ft0.79 ft0.05 ft00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00↑ 10:46 AM↓ 11:59 PM
High
4:16
AM
0.46 ft
Low
9:26
AM
0.30 ft
High
3:00
PM
0.79 ft
Low
11:51
PM
0.05 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
23
Low
AM
5
PM
23
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

29.89inHg→ Stable
29.8429.8629.8829.9029.9229.9429.9629.9830.0030.0230.0412a6a12p6p12a
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook

Next eight days

DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
23
4:16 AM · 0.46 ft
9:26 AM
3:00 PM · 0.79 ft
11:51 PM
Sat May 9
14
5:16 AM · 0.51 ft
11:01 AM
4:07 PM · 0.75 ft
—
Sun May 10
20
6:07 AM · 0.57 ft
12:43 AM
5:26 PM · 0.72 ft
12:37 PM
Mon May 11
19
6:47 AM · 0.65 ft
1:31 AM
6:46 PM · 0.70 ft
1:52 PM
Tue May 12
20
7:23 AM · 0.74 ft
2:14 AM
7:57 PM · 0.69 ft
2:54 PM
Wed May 13
27
7:59 AM · 0.83 ft
2:54 AM
9:01 PM · 0.68 ft
3:49 PM
Thu May 14
33
8:35 AM · 0.93 ft
3:34 AM
9:59 PM · 0.66 ft
4:40 PM
Fri May 15
39
9:15 AM · 1.01 ft
4:13 AM
10:54 PM · 0.62 ft
5:30 PM
Nearby

Other Florida Keys stations

Sorted by distance from Big Pine Key, West Side, Pine Channel
H
4h8m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724213 · 1.7 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.65 ft·L 10:12 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
5h2m
Big Pine Key, Doctors Arm, Bogie Channel
№ 8724201 · 1.7 mi
H 5:36 AM · 0.61 ft·L 10:56 AM · 0.54 ft
→
H
4h24m
Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, North Side
№ 8724211 · 1.7 mi
H 4:58 AM · 0.55 ft·L 10:52 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
4h6m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724223 · 1.7 mi
H 4:40 AM · 0.66 ft·L 10:06 AM · 0.25 ft
→
H
4h8m
Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, South Side
№ 8724224 · 1.7 mi
H 4:42 AM · 0.67 ft·L 10:03 AM · 0.29 ft
→
H
4h32m
Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
№ 8724232 · 1.9 mi
H 5:06 AM · 0.55 ft·L 10:54 AM · 0.25 ft
→
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