Basic
Paragliding
Serpentine
Garden Route, Western Cape
Today
Flyable2 stars — Flyable498m soarable · 11 km/h SSE
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Fri 11 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 530m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Serpentine.
▸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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 9Clear | 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 | 🤔 | 94 | 7 SW | 7 SW | 7 SW | 102 | 0.0 | 0% | 83% | 19.6 | 15.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | — | 94 | 6 S | 4 SSW | 4 W | 204 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 24.8 | 16.3 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 94 | 7 S | 7 S | 7 SSW | 219 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 27.1 | 17.1 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 94 | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 4 SSW | 193 | 1.0 | 0% | 99% | 21.5 | 16.1 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| Thu 10Fog | 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 | — | 94 | 9 W | 9 W | 9 W | 102 | 0.0 | 77% | 7% | 17.1 | 16.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 94 | 11 SW | 15 WSW | 15 WSW | 402 | 1.0 | 100% | 18% | 17.9 | 16.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 94 | 11 SW | 15 SW | 15 SW | 356 | 1.0 | 100% | 15% | 17.1 | 15.9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 94 | 9 WSW | 13 WSW | 13 SW | 362 | 1.0 | 100% | 6% | 16.6 | 15.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| Fri 11Clear | 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 | — | 94 | 2 WSW | 2 WSW | 4 WSW | 217 | 0.0 | 52% | 41% | 15.3 | 13 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 530 | 11 S | 7 SE | 11 E | 808 | 2.0 | 35% | 96% | 18.3 | 13.2 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 498 | 11 SSE | 7 SE | 7 ENE | 741 | 2.0 | 58% | 98% | 18.4 | 13.7 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 260 | 9 SE | 13 SE | 15 ESE | 553 | 1.0 | 85% | 99% | 16.6 | 14.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Sat 12Clear | 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 | — | 94 | 2 ESE | 2 E | 2 E | 216 | 0.0 | 100% | 26% | 15.9 | 15.2 | 2 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | — | 404 | 9 SE | 9 ESE | 9 E | 654 | 2.0 | 100% | 78% | 18.8 | 15.6 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | — | 94 | 19 SE | 26 ESE | 28 ESE | 375 | 1.0 | 97% | 20% | 17.9 | 16.3 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 17h | — | 94 | 22 SE | 33 SE | 43 ESE | 241 | 1.0 | 100% | 8% | 16.8 | 16.1 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| Sun 13🌧 Rain · Fog | 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 | 9 N | 9 N | 9 N | 10 | 0.0 | 100% | 28% | 15 | 14.8 | 1 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 7 SW | 9 WSW | 9 WSW | 9 | 0.0 | 100% | 67% | 15.2 | 15.1 | 1 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 6 S | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 9 | 0.0 | 100% | 86% | 15.9 | 15.2 | 1 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 2 SSW | 4 W | 4 W | 9 | 0.0 | 100% | 8% | 16 | 15.2 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| Mon 14🌧 Rain · Fog | 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 | 22 ENE | 20 ENE | 24 ENE | 67 | 0.0 | 19% | 6% | 18 | 15.1 | 1 | 1009 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 11 SE | 9 SSE | 9 SSE | 11 | 0.0 | 62% | 17% | 17 | 15.6 | 1 | 1009 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 44 SW | 48 SW | 54 SW | 215 | 0.0 | 100% | 6% | 15.8 | 15.1 | 4 | 1009 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 19 SW | 19 SW | 20 SW | 218 | 0.0 | 94% | 14% | 15.4 | 14.2 | 10 | 1012 | — |
| Tue 15Clear | 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 | 20 WNW | 28 NW | 39 NW | 139 | 0.0 | 0% | 91% | 17.2 | 11.7 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 11 SE | 11 SE | 11 SE | 14 | 0.0 | 12% | 97% | 16 | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 13 ESE | 11 ESE | 13 ESE | 34 | 0.0 | 24% | 18% | 15.7 | 13.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 6 ENE | 4 NE | 4 NE | 9 | 0.0 | 28% | 90% | 15.6 | 13.2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 16Clear | 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 | — | 325 | 17 SW | 22 SW | 24 SW | 707 | 0.0 | 86% | 16% | 10.6 | 8.8 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 960 | 20 SSW | 24 SSW | 26 S | 1440 | 2.0 | 100% | 51% | 12.5 | 7.2 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 1,355 | 22 SSW | 22 SSW | 22 SSW | 1853 | 2.0 | 90% | 72% | 13.3 | 4.9 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 718 | 20 SSW | 22 SSW | 17 S | 1503 | 1.0 | 60% | 92% | 12.4 | 4.4 | 0 | — | — |
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Wind recommendation
SSE - SW
Flyable directions
SSE, S, SSW, SW
Wind speed range
5–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Basic
- Region
- Garden Route
- Distance from Cape Town
- 386 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -33.9844°S, 22.6128°E
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