Basic
Paragliding
Gerrickes Point
Garden Route, Western Cape
Today
Flyable2 stars — Flyable4 km/h SSE · not flyable
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Fri 31 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 39m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Gerrickes Point.
▸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 | — | 39 | 4 NE | 4 NE | 6 ENE | 51 | 0.0 | 1% | 64% | 11.8 | 7.9 | 0 | 1028 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 39 | 13 E | 13 E | 13 E | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 14.6 | 9.5 | 0 | 1028 | — |
| 14h | — | 39 | 19 ESE | 19 ESE | 19 ESE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 15.6 | 9.8 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 17h | — | 39 | 19 E | 17 E | 17 E | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.9 | 10.7 | 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 | — | 39 | 2 E | 2 E | 2 E | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 69% | 12.6 | 9.4 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 11h | — | 39 | 4 SE | 4 SE | 4 SE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 14.3 | 8.7 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 14h | — | 39 | 4 SSE | 4 SSE | 4 SSE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 14.4 | 8.6 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 39 | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 14.5 | 9.4 | 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 | — | 39 | 2 NNE | 2 NNE | 2 NNE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 69% | 14.4 | 9.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | — | 39 | 9 SW | 7 SW | 7 SW | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 14.9 | 10.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 14h | — | 39 | 6 SSE | 6 SSE | 6 SSE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 15 | 8.9 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 39 | 4 ESE | 4 ESE | 4 ESE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.7 | 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 | — | 39 | 6 NNW | 6 NNW | 7 NNW | 51 | 0.0 | 0% | 70% | 14.1 | 9.8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 39 | 6 S | 6 S | 6 S | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 95% | 15.3 | 11 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 39 | 6 S | 6 S | 6 S | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 15.3 | 11.1 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | 👍 | 39 | 6 ESE | 6 ESE | 6 ESE | 47 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 15.9 | 11.4 | 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 | — | 1 | 15 W | 17 W | 19 WSW | 104 | 0.0 | 17% | 51% | 16.6 | 13.3 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 28 WSW | 28 WSW | 31 WSW | 162 | 0.0 | 13% | 94% | 16.3 | 12.7 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 20 WSW | 22 WSW | 26 SW | 68 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 16.5 | 12.3 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 13 NW | 11 WNW | 11 WNW | 153 | 0.0 | 15% | 100% | 16.3 | 12.6 | 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 | — | 1 | 15 WNW | 15 WNW | 15 WNW | 88 | 0.0 | 42% | 52% | 14.4 | 12 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 4 SSW | 6 SSW | 4 SSW | 11 | 0.0 | 25% | 94% | 15 | 11.8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 7 SSW | 7 SSW | 7 SSW | 72 | 0.0 | 41% | 100% | 15 | 12.5 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 6 SSE | 4 SSE | 6 SSE | 41 | 0.0 | 69% | 100% | 15 | 13.8 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 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 | — | 47 | 19 WNW | 15 WNW | 15 WNW | 67 | 0.0 | 25% | 5% | 13.6 | 10.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 47 | 26 WNW | 28 WNW | 30 WNW | 350 | 0.0 | 65% | 6% | 14.3 | 11.4 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 47 | 26 SW | 22 SW | 26 SW | 76 | 0.0 | 32% | 6% | 14.4 | 11.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 47 | 9 SW | 7 SW | 9 SW | 81 | 0.0 | 9% | 4% | 14.3 | 10.5 | 0 | — | — |
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Wind recommendation
E - SE (light)
Flyable directions
E, ESE, SE
Wind speed range
5–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Basic
- Region
- Garden Route
- Distance from Cape Town
- 400 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -34.0341°S, 22.7643°E
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