Sport
Paragliding
Noordhoek
Cape Town, Western Cape
Today
Marginal1 star — Marginal72m soarable · 4 km/h SSW
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Fri 31 · 11h00 · 🤔 1 stars · 72m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Noordhoek.
▸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 | — | 216 | 15 ENE | 13 ENE | 13 ENE | 224 | 0.0 | 0% | 8% | 12.4 | 6.2 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 72 | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 84% | 14.6 | 10.1 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 72 | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 86% | 15.7 | 9.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 72 | 7 SE | 7 SE | 7 SE | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 64% | 17.7 | 7.7 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 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 | — | 216 | 17 ENE | 15 ENE | 15 ENE | 224 | 0.0 | 0% | 31% | 12 | 4.3 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 72 | 6 SSW | 4 SSW | 4 SSW | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 16.3 | 7.9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 72 | 4 SSW | 4 SSW | 4 SSW | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 16.9 | 7.5 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 17h | — | 72 | 2 NNW | 2 NNW | 2 NNW | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 16.1 | 8.4 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 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 | — | 216 | 17 N | 15 N | 15 N | 224 | 0.0 | 0% | 43% | 13.1 | 5.4 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | — | 72 | 19 N | 17 N | 17 N | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 18.3 | 7.7 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | — | 72 | 7 N | 15 N | 19 N | 243 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 17.4 | 8.3 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 72 | 7 N | 7 N | 7 N | 80 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.2 | 7.9 | 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 | — | 216 | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 224 | 0.0 | 0% | 34% | 11.3 | 7.7 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 216 | 4 WSW | 2 NNW | 7 NNE | 433 | 1.0 | 0% | 93% | 18.6 | 7.7 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 216 | 7 SW | 2 SW | 7 N | 489 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 19.6 | 9.9 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 216 | 6 SE | 6 SE | 6 SE | 224 | 0.0 | 0% | 90% | 17.9 | 12.5 | 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 | — | 44 | 9 NNE | 9 NNE | 9 N | 137 | 0.0 | 0% | 18% | 14.2 | 8.7 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 11h | — | 44 | 13 NNE | 13 NNE | 13 NNE | 80 | 0.0 | 7% | 93% | 14.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 44 | 11 NNE | 11 NNE | 11 NNE | 86 | 0.0 | 41% | 99% | 13.9 | 11.4 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 17h | — | 44 | 2 WSW | 2 SSE | 0 SSW | 62 | 0.0 | 65% | 100% | 14.1 | 12.4 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| Wed 5Fog | 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 | — | 44 | 28 NNE | 28 NNE | 30 N | 184 | 1.0 | 100% | 0% | 11.8 | 11.8 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 11h | — | 44 | 39 NNE | 39 NNE | 41 N | 197 | 1.0 | 100% | 10% | 12.2 | 11.7 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | — | 44 | 41 N | 43 N | 46 NNW | 275 | 1.0 | 97% | 11% | 13.4 | 12.3 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 17h | — | 44 | 41 N | 44 N | 48 NNW | 232 | 0.0 | 84% | 17% | 13.7 | 12.7 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 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 | — | 162 | 24 S | 37 S | 41 S | 1113 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 12.1 | 9.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 162 | 30 SSE | 33 SSE | 28 SSE | 1185 | 1.0 | 100% | 26% | 13 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 442 | 30 ESE | 31 ESE | 30 ESE | 991 | 1.0 | 100% | 35% | 12.7 | 8.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 162 | 28 ESE | 31 ESE | 33 ESE | 528 | 1.0 | 34% | 100% | 12.3 | 7.9 | 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
W - SSE
Flyable directions
S, SSW, SW, WSW, W
Wind speed range
0–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Sport
- Region
- Cape Town
- Distance from Cape Town
- 17 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -34.0733°S, 18.3814°E
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