Fishonomics/Forecast
North End, Big Spanish Channel · Friday, May 8, 2026
Annette
Key.
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
6mph
E (90°) · gust 8 mph
Light–moderate
◐
Pressure
1014mb
→ stable +0.15/h
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Air Temp
81°feels 88° · dew 72°
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Cloud
0%humidity 75%
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UV / Vis
0day max 9 · 41 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
88°
8 mph · NE
17% CLOUD
4PM
88°
7 mph · E
2% CLOUD
6PM
87°
4 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
8PM
84°
5 mph · NE
0% CLOUD
10PM
81°
6 mph · E
0% CLOUD
Tide
Two highs, two lows
Next: Low 2:32 AM · in 37m
Low
1:36
AM
0.02 ft
High
7:25
AM
1.29 ft
Low
12:07
PM
0.94 ft
High
6:09
PM
2.17 ft
Swell · Hourly
From the SE (129°)
Going direction
Tidal Coefficient
68
AverageAM
40
PM
39
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 @ 3s SE
84.8°
SST
0.5 ft
Peak
━ HEIGHT (FT)┄ PERIOD (S)
Solunar
Waning Gibbous
63% lit · 20.9d old
Low
Moonrise
5:16 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
4:46 AM – 5:46 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
29.89inHg→ Stable
Pressure · inches of mercury
Outlook
Next eight days
DateCoef1st High1st Low2nd High2nd Low
Fri May 8
68
7:25 AM · 1.29 ft
1:36 AM
6:09 PM · 2.17 ft
12:07 PM
Sat May 9
61
8:25 AM · 1.40 ft
2:32 AM
7:16 PM · 2.07 ft
1:42 PM
Sun May 10
55
9:16 AM · 1.57 ft
3:24 AM
8:35 PM · 1.98 ft
3:18 PM
Mon May 11
50
9:56 AM · 1.79 ft
4:12 AM
9:55 PM · 1.94 ft
4:33 PM
Tue May 12
54
10:32 AM · 2.04 ft
4:55 AM
11:06 PM · 1.92 ft
5:35 PM
Wed May 13
74
11:08 AM · 2.31 ft
5:35 AM
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6:30 PM
Thu May 14
93
12:10 AM · 1.88 ft
6:15 AM
11:44 AM · 2.57 ft
7:21 PM
Fri May 15
110
1:08 AM · 1.81 ft
6:54 AM
12:24 PM · 2.80 ft
8:11 PM
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