Basic

Paragliding
Scarborough

Cape Town, Western Cape

Today

Marginal

7 km/h SSE · not flyable

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

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Fri 31 · 14h00 · 🤔 1 stars · 17m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Scarborough.

p75 — typical flyable dayp95 — exceptional dayBar height = soarable tops (hwcrit)

▸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	—	89	19 ENE	17 ENE	17 ENE	97	0.0	0%	7%	13.2	6.8	0	1023	—
11h	—	17	7 WNW	6 WNW	6 WNW	25	0.0	23%	81%	14.3	11.8	0	1024	—
14h	🤔	17	2 SW	2 SW	2 SW	25	0.0	0%	86%	15.5	9.8	0	1022	—
17h	—	17	19 SSE	17 SSE	17 SSE	25	0.0	0%	66%	16.5	9.7	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	—	89	20 ENE	19 ENE	19 ENE	97	0.0	0%	27%	12.9	5.3	0	1020	—
11h	—	17	9 WNW	7 WNW	7 WNW	25	0.0	0%	96%	15	9.7	0	1020	—
14h	—	17	7 SSE	7 SSE	7 SSE	25	0.0	0%	98%	15.2	9.9	0	1019	—
17h	—	17	11 SSE	9 SSE	9 SSE	25	0.0	0%	100%	15.2	9.7	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	—	89	13 NNE	13 NNE	13 NNE	97	0.0	0%	42%	13.4	6.8	0	1019	—
11h	—	17	28 NNW	28 NNW	28 NNW	25	0.0	0%	96%	17.2	8	0	1019	—
14h	—	17	24 NW	24 NW	24 NW	25	0.0	0%	98%	16.4	8.4	0	1018	—
17h	—	17	15 NW	15 NW	15 NW	25	0.0	0%	100%	15.6	10.2	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	—	89	9 NE	9 NE	9 NE	97	0.0	0%	35%	11.8	8.8	0	1017	—
11h	—	89	6 WSW	2 NW	6 N	330	1.0	0%	93%	17.5	8.4	0	1017	—
14h	—	89	9 SSW	7 SSW	4 S	245	1.0	0%	96%	17.7	9.2	0	1015	—
17h	—	89	7 S	7 S	7 S	98	0.0	0%	92%	16.9	11	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	—	2	17 N	15 N	15 N	23	0.0	0%	17%	14.4	10.2	0	1016	—
11h	—	2	19 N	19 N	17 NNW	125	0.0	12%	93%	14.7	11.2	0	1017	—
14h	—	2	19 N	17 N	17 NNW	106	0.0	39%	99%	14.5	12	0	1016	—
17h	—	2	11 NNW	11 NNW	11 NW	72	0.0	68%	100%	14.4	13	0	1017	—
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	—	2	37 N	37 N	39 NNW	130	0.0	71%	0%	13.3	12	0	1018	—
11h	—	2	43 N	44 N	46 N	158	1.0	74%	12%	13.1	11.9	0	1019	—
14h	—	2	46 NNW	48 NNW	50 NNW	233	1.0	93%	21%	13.8	12.6	0	1018	—
17h	—	2	48 N	50 NNW	54 NNW	223	0.0	91%	70%	14.1	12.9	0	1018	—
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	—	83	28 S	37 S	37 S	1177	0.0	100%	0%	13.2	8.7	0	—	—
11h	—	83	30 SSE	31 SSE	26 SSE	1141	1.0	95%	35%	13.7	6.9	0	—	—
14h	—	83	31 ESE	33 ESE	30 ESE	945	1.0	100%	30%	13.2	8.2	0	—	—
17h	—	83	33 ESE	35 ESE	35 E	598	0.0	42%	23%	12.9	8	0	—	—

A short peak in front of Misty Cliffs, at the southern end of the ridge.

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Hazards & cautions

Strong winds aloft, and access here is restricted.

Launch & landing

Launch by walking up from the highest houses in Scarborough village — about 300m high with a 1200m ceiling. Land on Scarborough beach, with a good glide out to the west.

Access

Via the M5 and Ou Kaapse Weg toward Fish Hoek, following signs for Kommetjie, then turning off toward Scarborough village and up the first climbing road; park considerately and avoid private property.