So from the way it seems. No offense, but it seems you're having trouble hitting the continue button exactly at 0, as you have a wide wide delay range for having the same second timer.
My suggestion is lowering the target delay, as this will reduce the second timer, which reduces your in game delay.
If you're at 5809 right now. Set it to 5800 and try again.
If you find that you hit your delay, sweet scent while surfing after you're done checking and you should see a tentacool with the spread you want.
I gotta get some sleep now so ttyl.