Basic
Paragliding
Rusty Gate
Boland, Western Cape
Today
Flyable2 stars — Flyable893m soarable · 7 km/h SSE
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Sun 2 · 14h00 · 👍 2 stars · 1,083m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Rusty Gate.
▸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 | — | 607 | 24 NNE | 22 NNE | 22 NNE | 615 | 0.0 | 0% | 29% | 10 | 2.2 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 11h | — | 500 | 6 SSE | 2 S | 2 WSW | 690 | 1.0 | 0% | 92% | 17.3 | 1.7 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 953 | 11 ESE | 7 ENE | 9 N | 1304 | 2.0 | 0% | 96% | 20.9 | 3.2 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 500 | 6 ESE | 6 ESE | 6 ESE | 508 | 0.0 | 0% | 79% | 18.6 | 8.4 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 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 | — | 607 | 22 NNE | 20 NNE | 20 NNE | 615 | 0.0 | 0% | 39% | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 11h | — | 500 | 6 SSE | 2 SSE | 2 N | 644 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 19.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 893 | 7 SSE | 4 SE | 2 NW | 1258 | 2.0 | 0% | 95% | 23.2 | -1.8 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 500 | 4 E | 4 E | 4 E | 508 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 20.8 | 12.7 | 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 | — | 607 | 24 N | 22 N | 22 N | 615 | 0.0 | 0% | 53% | 12.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | — | 500 | 7 ESE | 4 E | 4 NNE | 676 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 21.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 1,083 | 9 SSE | 2 WNW | 15 NW | 1520 | 2.0 | 0% | 98% | 24.3 | 3.2 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 500 | 6 SSE | 6 SSE | 6 SSE | 541 | 0.0 | 0% | 86% | 21.4 | 8.7 | 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 | — | 607 | 24 N | 24 N | 24 N | 615 | 0.0 | 0% | 36% | 12.4 | 3.2 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 11h | — | 607 | 15 N | 15 N | 15 N | 615 | 0.0 | 0% | 91% | 20.7 | 5.4 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 993 | 7 SSW | 9 NW | 22 NNW | 1421 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 22.4 | 6.5 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 607 | 9 ESE | 11 ESE | 11 ESE | 678 | 0.0 | 0% | 92% | 18.6 | 10.6 | 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 | — | 486 | 15 NE | 15 NE | 13 NNE | 554 | 0.0 | 0% | 29% | 14.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 486 | 17 S | 15 S | 13 SSE | 667 | 1.0 | 0% | 93% | 18.3 | 5.3 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 14h | — | 797 | 6 W | 11 NW | 20 NW | 1215 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 486 | 15 N | 15 N | 17 NNW | 687 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 18.5 | 1.8 | 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 | — | 486 | 30 NE | 26 NE | 22 NE | 590 | 0.0 | 0% | 31% | 13.4 | -3 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 602 | 22 ENE | 15 NNE | 26 NW | 1007 | 1.0 | 0% | 93% | 16.9 | 1.8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 707 | 22 NNW | 37 NW | 48 NW | 980 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 15.5 | 5.6 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 17h | — | 486 | 26 N | 35 NNW | 50 NW | 1002 | 1.0 | 55% | 94% | 12.1 | 6.9 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| Thu 6Fog | 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 | — | 631 | 15 SSW | 15 SSW | 17 SSW | 690 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 9.1 | 8.7 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 631 | 13 SSE | 17 SSE | 20 SSE | 854 | 0.0 | 100% | 7% | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 631 | 20 E | 22 E | 24 E | 992 | 1.0 | 100% | 8% | 8.2 | 6.8 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 631 | 26 ENE | 30 ENE | 33 ENE | 945 | 0.0 | 81% | 100% | 8.2 | 6.2 | 0 | — | — |
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Wind recommendation
ESE - SW
Flyable directions
ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW
Wind speed range
0–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Basic
- Region
- Boland
- Distance from Cape Town
- 88 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -34.0378°S, 19.3655°E
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