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Dolphin Beach
Cape Town, Western Cape
Today
Flyable2 stars — Flyable217m soarable · 13 km/h W
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Tue 3 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 292m topsStudent safe
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Dolphin Beach.
▸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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 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 | — | 12 | 3 ESE | 4 ESE | 6 ESE | 147 | 1.0 | 18% | 90% | 15.5 | 12.2 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 292 | 12 W | 9 WNW | 11 NNW | 468 | 2.0 | 1% | 97% | 21.5 | 13.2 | 0 | 1015 | ✓ |
| 14h | 👍 | 255 | 14 W | 15 W | 16 WNW | 414 | 2.0 | 3% | 96% | 21.3 | 13.8 | 0 | 1014 | ✓ |
| 17h | 👍 | 121 | 10 W | 12 WSW | 11 SW | 286 | 1.0 | 2% | 96% | 21.4 | 13.6 | 0 | 1014 | ✓ |
| Wed 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 | — | 12 | 1 WSW | 2 SSE | 2 ENE | 60 | 0.0 | 0% | 87% | 18.4 | 11.8 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 226 | 12 W | 10 WNW | 7 NW | 380 | 2.0 | 0% | 94% | 24.2 | 12.8 | 0 | 1013 | ✓ |
| 14h | 👍 | 217 | 13 W | 13 W | 14 WNW | 362 | 2.0 | 0% | 96% | 24.4 | 14.1 | 0 | 1011 | ✓ |
| 17h | 👍 | 45 | 16 WSW | 20 WSW | 20 WSW | 220 | 1.0 | 0% | 93% | 23.8 | 13.4 | 0 | 1011 | ✓ |
| Thu 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 | — | 12 | 20 NNW | 27 NW | 32 NW | 199 | 1.0 | 20% | 87% | 17.6 | 13.8 | 0 | 1010 | — |
| 11h | — | 12 | 27 NW | 37 NW | 41 NW | 259 | 1.0 | 75% | 24% | 17.9 | 15.5 | 0 | 1010 | — |
| 14h | — | 523 | 29 NW | 41 WNW | 46 WNW | 758 | 2.0 | 52% | 100% | 19.5 | 15.8 | 0 | 1010 | — |
| 17h | — | 321 | 25 NW | 34 WNW | 37 WNW | 533 | 1.0 | 57% | 100% | 18.3 | 15.4 | 0 | 1009 | — |
| Fri 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 | — | 118 | 23 NW | 25 NW | 26 NW | 287 | 1.0 | 49% | 100% | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1012 | — |
| 11h | — | 239 | 25 NW | 28 WNW | 30 WNW | 402 | 1.0 | 73% | 100% | 16.1 | 13.7 | 1 | 1013 | — |
| 14h | — | 296 | 20 WNW | 21 WNW | 24 WNW | 454 | 1.0 | 90% | 94% | 15.9 | 14.1 | 1 | 1013 | — |
| 17h | 👍 | 250 | 16 W | 17 W | 19 W | 405 | 1.0 | 93% | 67% | 15.6 | 13.6 | 0 | 1014 | ✓ |
| Sat 7Clear | 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 | — | 337 | 34 SSE | 41 SSE | 38 SE | 866 | 1.0 | 22% | 100% | 15.7 | 8.7 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 542 | 40 SSE | 41 SSE | 32 SE | 1094 | 1.0 | 20% | 100% | 16.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 386 | 47 SSE | 51 SSE | 45 SE | 902 | 1.0 | 3% | 97% | 16.9 | 8.6 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 185 | 59 SSE | 66 SSE | 61 SE | 605 | 1.0 | 0% | 89% | 16.4 | 8.3 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| Sun 8Clear | 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 | — | 50 | 13 E | 14 E | 19 E | 212 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 18.2 | 5 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 102 | 17 SSW | 13 SW | 12 WSW | 175 | 1.0 | 3% | 100% | 17.7 | 8.5 | 0 | 1024 | ✓ |
| 14h | — | 99 | 28 SSW | 28 SSW | 31 SW | 194 | 1.0 | 0% | 97% | 17.6 | 8.1 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 31 SSW | 31 SSW | 35 SSW | 105 | 0.0 | 0% | 89% | 18.3 | 7.7 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| Mon 9Clear | 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 | 👍 | 43 | 13 WSW | 11 WSW | 13 WSW | 102 | 0.0 | 1% | 100% | 16.5 | 11.2 | 0 | — | ✓ |
| 11h | 👍 | 109 | 16 SW | 14 WSW | 15 SW | 174 | 0.0 | 41% | 96% | 18 | 13.1 | 0 | — | ✓ |
| 14h | — | 134 | 32 SW | 31 SW | 33 SW | 247 | 0.0 | 38% | 97% | 18.7 | 12.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 115 | 31 SSW | 32 SSW | 35 S | 255 | 0.0 | 26% | 89% | 18.2 | 13.6 | 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
SE-NW
Flyable directions
SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW
Wind speed range
5–19 km/h
Air School training site
Yes
Quick facts
- Grade
- Ground handling
- Region
- Cape Town
- Distance from Cape Town
- 12 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -33.8251°S, 18.4785°E
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