The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Islamorada (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) is -. The average water temperature in Islamorada (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Saturday, 23th of January of 2021, the sun rose in Islamorada (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) at 7:08 am and sunset will be at 6:01 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 2:14 am and the next low tide at 1:07 pm. The first high tide was at 7:29 am and the next high tide will be at 6:16 pm.
Today we have 10 hours and 53 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:34 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 42, a low value, which means that the range (difference between high tide and low tide) will be lower than on other occasions and the currents will also be small. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 46. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 50.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Islamorada (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) which is of 1.0 ft and a minimum height of -0.3 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of January of 2021.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Islamorada (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay), forecast in January.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Islamorada, the wind in Islamorada and the surf forecast in Islamorada before you go fishing.
The moon set at 2:39 am at 290° west. Then, the moon rose at 68° northeast at 1:46 pm.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
USA: AL | CA | CT | DC | DE | FL (east) | FL (gulf) | FL (west) | FL (keys) | GA | LA | MA | MD | ME | MS | NC | NH | NY | OR | PA | RI | SC | TX | VA | WA
Upper Matecumbe Key (Hawk Channel) (0.7 mi.) | Little Basin (Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) (0.9 mi.) | Whale Harbor Channel (Hwy. 1 Bridge, Windley Key) (1.6 mi.) | Whale Harbor (Windley Key, Hawk Channel) (1.8 mi.) | Shell Key Channel (Florida Bay) (1.9 mi.) | Shell Key (Northwest Side, Lignumvitae Basin) (2.5 mi.) | Upper Matecumbe Key (West End, Hawk Channel) (2.6 mi.) | Snake Creek (Hwy. 1 Bridge, Windley Key) (3 mi.) | Snake Creek (Plantation Key) (3 mi.) | Lignumvitae Key (NE Side, Florida Bay) (4 mi.) | Indian Key (Hawk Channel) (4 mi.) | Yacht Harbor (Cowpens Anchorage, Plantation Key) (5 mi.) | Lignumvitae Key (West Side, Florida Bay) (5 mi.) | East Key (Southern End, Florida Bay) (5 mi.) | Alligator Reef (Hawk Channel) (5 mi.) | Crane Keys (North Side, Florida Bay) (6 mi.) | Indian Key Anchorage (Lower Matecumbe Key) (6 mi.) | Plantation Key (Hawk Channel) (6 mi.) | Matecumbe Bight (Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) (7 mi.) | Tavernier Creek (Hwy. 1 Bridge, Hawk Channel) (8 mi.) | Matecumbe Harbor (Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) (8 mi.) | Tavernier Harbor (Hawk Channel) (9 mi.) | Channel Two, East (Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay) (9 mi.) | Channel Two, West Side (Hawk Channel) (10 mi.) | Channel Five, East Side (Hawk Channel) (10 mi.) | Channel Five, West Side (Hawk Channel) (11 mi.) | Jewfish Hole (Long Key, Florida Bay) (12 mi.) | Long Key Bight (Long Key) (13 mi.) | Long Key Lake (Long Key) (14 mi.) | Point Charles (Key Largo) (16 mi.) | Rock Harbor (Key Largo) (16 mi.) | Long Key (Western End) (16 mi.) | Conch Key (Eastern End) (18 mi.) | Key Largo (South Sound, Key Largo) (19 mi.) | Toms Harbor Cut (20 mi.) | Duck Key (Hawk Channel) (21 mi.) | Toms Harbor Channel (Hwy. 1 Bridge) (21 mi.) | Largo Sound (Key Largo) (21 mi.) | Grassy Key, North Side, Florida Bay (22 mi.) | Grassy Key, South Side, Hawk Channel (24 mi.) | Flamingo (Florida Bay) (24 mi.) | Garden Cove (Key Largo) (24 mi.) | Manatee Creek (Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound) (25 mi.) | Main Key (Barnes Sound) (26 mi.) | Fat Deer Key (Florida Bay) (28 mi.) | Key Colony Beach (28 mi.) | Vaca Key-fat Deer Key Bridge (28 mi.) | Little Card Sound Bridge (30 mi.) | Cormorant Point (31 mi.)