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Paragliding
Buffalo Bay

Garden Route, Western Cape

Today

Not flyable

24 km/h WSW · not flyable

FlyableWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Mon 26 · 14h00 · 👍 2 stars · 634m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Buffalo Bay.

p75 — typical flyable dayp95 — exceptional dayBar height = soarable tops (hwcrit)

▸Detailed forecast table

Time	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
Tue 20Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	38	6 ESE	6 ESE	6 ESE	84	0.0	13%	90%	11.6	8.5	0	1018
11h	—	87	5 SSE	4 SSE	3 SSE	126	0.0	33%	91%	11.9	8.9	0	1015
14h	—	86	3 SE	4 SE	3 SE	129	0.0	5%	62%	12.3	10.2	0	1011
17h	—	38	13 SSE	14 SSE	15 SE	73	0.0	38%	43%	12.7	10.4	0	1009
Wed 21Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	38	11 NNW	11 NNW	12 NNW	58	0.0	0%	62%	15.9	10.5	0	1010
11h	—	38	32 W	35 W	36 W	127	0.0	0%	24%	17.9	11.8	0	1010
14h	—	139	24 WSW	28 WSW	29 WSW	200	0.0	4%	98%	16.2	13.5	0	1010
17h	—	38	18 W	21 W	24 W	137	0.0	19%	13%	15.6	13.8	0	1011
Thu 22🌧 Rain	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	38	10 WNW	11 WNW	12 WNW	85	0.0	68%	6%	14.8	13.4	1	1017
11h	—	140	27 WSW	31 WSW	31 WSW	229	0.0	60%	64%	15.1	12.7	0	1018
14h	—	172	22 WSW	26 WSW	27 WSW	252	0.0	22%	29%	15.3	13	1	1018
17h	—	137	20 WSW	23 WSW	25 WSW	232	0.0	51%	49%	15.1	12.5	0	1020
Fri 23Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	38	5 NNE	4 NNE	3 NNE	148	0.0	4%	89%	13.2	10.3	0	1025
11h	👍	117	13 SE	11 SE	11 SE	167	0.0	0%	91%	13.2	10.2	0	1023
14h	👍	92	20 SE	20 SE	20 SE	133	0.0	34%	93%	13.8	10.7	0	1021
17h	👍	38	23 SE	24 SE	25 SE	72	0.0	0%	94%	14.4	11.5	0	1020
Sat 24Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	1	4 SSW	4 SSW	4 SSW	45	0.0	3%	100%	16.3	12	0	1021
11h	—	1	7 SE	7 SE	7 SE	86	0.0	27%	100%	16.8	13.6	0	1020
14h	—	1	13 ESE	14 ESE	16 ESE	93	0.0	61%	96%	17	15.3	0	1019
17h	👍	1	19 SE	19 SE	22 ESE	91	0.0	53%	84%	17.3	15.3	0	1018
Sun 25Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	1	7 NW	7 NW	7 NW	38	0.0	15%	100%	16.6	12.8	0	1016
11h	—	1	7 S	7 SSW	7 S	32	0.0	58%	100%	16.8	14.8	0	1016
14h	—	1	11 SSE	11 SSE	13 SE	54	0.0	78%	96%	17.1	16.1	0	1017
17h	—	1	6 ESE	4 ESE	4 ESE	9	0.0	100%	82%	17.3	16.8	0	1018
Mon 26Clear	Stars	Tops (m)	Sfc Wind	BL Wind	BL Top	BL Ht (m)	Thermal (m/s)	BL Cloud %	Sun %	Temp (°C)	Dewpt (°C)	Rain (mm)	Pres (hPa)
08h	—	69	2 WNW	1 SE	2 ESE	170	0.0	78%	17%	17.8	16.4	0	—
11h	—	218	5 S	7 SSE	10 SSE	574	1.0	91%	38%	19.2	15.8	0	—
14h	👍	634	16 SE	14 SE	11 ESE	911	2.0	93%	96%	20.5	15.2	0	—
17h	—	69	23 ESE	28 ESE	31 ESE	414	1.0	62%	33%	19.1	15.6	0	—