Basic

Paragliding
George Peak

Garden Route, Western Cape

Today

Flyable2 stars — Flyable

940m soarable · 11 km/h S

FlyableWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Fri 13 · 11h00 · 🦅 3 stars · 1,054m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for George Peak.

p75 1277mp95 1640m669mMon 9940mTue 101180mWed 11921mThu 12999mFri 13841mSat 14
p75 — typical flyable dayp95 — exceptional dayBar height = soarable tops (hwcrit)
▸Detailed forecast table
TimeStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
Mon 9ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—65424 N25 N26 N6770.00%93%17.57.901020
11h—1,01819 NNW28 NW29 WNW15861.00%95%24.89.201019
14h—1,94013 WSW24 WNW30 WNW26372.00%99%27.610.601017
17h👍66913 SSW15 SW17 SW10651.00%100%24.211.701017
Tue 10ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—6546 NNW6 NNW8 NNW6860.00%93%19.58.501020
11h👍9699 S3 NNW16 NNW12212.00%96%25.410.501018
14h👍94011 S6 SSW14 NW11462.00%99%24.11201017
17h👍65410 S10 S10 SSW8921.00%100%22.311.401016
Wed 11ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—6549 W13 W15 W7820.00%93%19.17.301017
11h👍1,16413 SW15 W23 NW14722.00%98%22.79.701016
14h👍1,18015 SSW13 WSW20 WNW14562.00%96%22.512.801015
17h—66720 SSW28 SSW28 SW10361.0100%13%16.21501017
Thu 12ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—6549 SSW10 SSW10 SSW10671.0100%16%13.812.401020
11h👍7939 S8 SSE5 SSE11831.0100%19%14.812.201020
14h👍92111 SSE11 SSE3 ESE12641.0100%24%15.412.301018
17h👍66413 SSE17 SSE14 SSE11491.0100%24%14.111.701018
Fri 13ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—6454 SW4 WSW4 WSW10172.096%80%15.910.401020
11h🦅1,05415 S7 S11 NW13743.099%100%18.410.101021
14h🦅99917 SSE13 SSE2 W13023.098%97%18.110.901020
17h👍77915 SSE11 SSE7 S11362.080%88%16.99.901021
Sat 14ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)
08h—62115 ESE17 E22 E9252.037%100%16.59.401023
11h—84919 ESE15 ESE13 NE11132.039%100%18.810.601022
14h—84126 ESE26 ESE23 E10992.073%97%19.111.701021
17h—57322 ESE26 ESE30 E8722.0100%71%17.313.801020

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Flying conditions

Wind recommendation

SE - SW (max 15km/h)

Flyable directions

SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW

Wind speed range

5–18 km/h

Air School training site

Not used for Air School training

Quick facts

Grade
Basic
Region
Garden Route
Distance from Cape Town
370 km (straight-line)
Coordinates
-33.9163°S, 22.4377°E
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