Basic
Paragliding
Dana Bay
Garden Route, Western Cape
Today
Flyable2 stars — Flyable7 km/h SE · not flyable
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Thu 6 · 14h00 · 👍 2 stars · 147m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Dana Bay.
▸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) | Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 31Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 57 | 9 NNW | 7 NNW | 7 NNW | 65 | 0.0 | 0% | 60% | 10.1 | 7 | 0 | 1028 | — |
| 11h | — | 57 | 11 ESE | 13 ESE | 13 E | 386 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 15.8 | 9.8 | 0 | 1027 | — |
| 14h | — | 187 | 17 ENE | 20 ENE | 20 ENE | 497 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 17.4 | 9.5 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 17h | — | 57 | 11 ENE | 11 ENE | 11 ENE | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.6 | 11.6 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| Sat 1Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 57 | 9 N | 7 N | 7 N | 65 | 0.0 | 0% | 65% | 10.3 | 6.7 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 11h | — | 57 | 6 ESE | 7 E | 7 ENE | 276 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 17.4 | 8.1 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 14h | — | 57 | 7 SE | 7 E | 6 ENE | 285 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 19.7 | 9.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 57 | 7 NE | 7 NE | 7 NE | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.9 | 10.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Sun 2Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 57 | 15 NNW | 13 NNW | 13 NNW | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 66% | 11.4 | 6.4 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | — | 57 | 6 NNE | 11 N | 15 N | 249 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 20.9 | 9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 14h | — | 57 | 7 ENE | 6 NNE | 9 NNW | 389 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 23 | 9.2 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 57 | 11 NE | 9 NE | 9 NE | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 18.3 | 9.9 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| Mon 3Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 57 | 11 NW | 11 NW | 11 NW | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 60% | 12.1 | 6.8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 57 | 4 E | 6 NE | 7 N | 261 | 1.0 | 0% | 94% | 20.7 | 8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 57 | 9 E | 9 ENE | 7 NNE | 292 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 22.1 | 9.7 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 57 | 9 NE | 9 NE | 9 NE | 66 | 0.0 | 0% | 94% | 18.2 | 10.4 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| Tue 4Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 37 | 26 WNW | 22 WNW | 24 W | 77 | 0.0 | 0% | 46% | 14.3 | 6.4 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| 11h | — | 37 | 22 WSW | 24 WSW | 26 WSW | 346 | 0.0 | 0% | 94% | 16.7 | 8.8 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 14h | — | 37 | 26 SSW | 24 SSW | 26 SW | 99 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.7 | 10 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 37 | 19 SSW | 17 SSW | 19 SSW | 77 | 0.0 | 5% | 100% | 14.6 | 11.3 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| Wed 5Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 37 | 6 NNW | 13 NNW | 13 NNW | 45 | 0.0 | 34% | 48% | 11.3 | 8.6 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 37 | 4 SE | 4 E | 4 E | 45 | 0.0 | 39% | 94% | 12.9 | 10.4 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 37 | 7 S | 4 S | 4 S | 46 | 0.0 | 77% | 100% | 12.9 | 12.1 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 37 | 4 S | 2 SSE | 2 SSE | 45 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 13.3 | 12.7 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| Thu 6Clear | 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) | Student |
| 08h | — | 147 | 26 W | 41 WSW | 50 WSW | 819 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 12.4 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 147 | 22 SW | 35 SSW | 43 SSW | 797 | 0.0 | 100% | 4% | 12.1 | 10.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 147 | 15 SSW | 20 SSW | 20 S | 918 | 0.0 | 100% | 7% | 12.4 | 9.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 147 | 4 SSW | 4 SSW | 6 SSW | 217 | 0.0 | 6% | 8% | 12.2 | 8.9 | 0 | — | — |
Detailed site description not yet documented — flying conditions and location data below are drawn directly from our site metadata.
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Wind recommendation
SW - SSE
Flyable directions
SSE, S, SSW, SW
Wind speed range
5–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Basic
- Region
- Garden Route
- Distance from Cape Town
- 333 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -34.2064°S, 22.0259°E
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