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Paragliding
Signal Hill

Cape Town, Western Cape

Today

Marginal

30m soarable · 7 km/h NNE

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Mon 3 · 14h00 · 🤔 1 stars · 119m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Signal Hill.

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	—	119	19 SE	17 SE	17 SE	127	0.0	0%	9%	14.2	5.3	0	1023	—
11h	🤔	30	17 SSW	15 SSW	15 SSW	38	0.0	0%	80%	15.5	7.7	0	1024	—
14h	🤔	30	11 SSW	11 SSW	11 SSW	38	0.0	0%	91%	15.2	9	0	1022	—
17h	—	30	2 SE	2 ESE	2 ESE	39	0.0	0%	72%	16.2	8.2	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	—	119	20 SE	19 SE	19 SE	127	0.0	0%	33%	14.7	3.4	0	1020	—
11h	🤔	30	11 NNE	11 NNE	11 NNE	38	0.0	0%	95%	16.1	6	0	1020	—
14h	🤔	30	7 NNE	7 NNE	7 NNE	39	0.0	0%	98%	18.7	5	0	1019	—
17h	—	30	13 S	13 S	13 S	39	0.0	0%	100%	17.3	5.8	0	1018	—
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	—	119	6 ESE	6 ESE	6 ESE	127	0.0	0%	44%	14.3	7	0	1019	—
11h	🤔	30	7 NE	6 NE	6 NE	38	0.0	0%	96%	15.9	7.1	0	1019	—
14h	—	30	7 S	7 SSW	7 SSW	64	0.0	0%	98%	15.9	7.8	0	1018	—
17h	🤔	30	6 SSW	6 SSW	6 SSW	38	0.0	0%	100%	16	7.6	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	—	119	6 SE	6 SE	6 SE	127	0.0	0%	36%	13.4	8.2	0	1017	—
11h	—	119	2 ENE	2 ENE	2 ENE	127	0.0	0%	93%	14.9	7.7	0	1016	—
14h	🤔	119	9 WSW	9 WSW	9 WSW	127	0.0	0%	97%	15.2	8.1	0	1015	—
17h	—	119	6 ESE	6 ESE	6 ESE	127	0.0	0%	91%	16.4	9.1	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	9 N	9 N	9 N	40	0.0	7%	19%	12.3	8.4	0	1016	—
11h	🤔	2	7 NNE	7 NNE	7 NNE	37	0.0	0%	93%	13	8.3	0	1017	—
14h	—	2	11 WNW	9 WNW	11 WNW	36	0.0	62%	99%	13.6	12.2	0	1016	—
17h	—	2	15 WSW	15 WSW	17 WSW	61	0.0	79%	100%	13.9	13	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	—	2	26 N	26 N	26 N	102	0.0	100%	0%	11.4	11.3	0	1019	—
11h	—	2	30 NNE	31 N	35 N	137	0.0	100%	10%	11.9	11.5	0	1019	—
14h	—	2	35 NNW	43 NNW	46 NW	415	0.0	92%	13%	13.7	11.9	0	1019	—
17h	—	2	35 NNW	41 NNW	43 NW	376	0.0	76%	17%	13.8	12.3	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	—	75	31 S	39 S	46 S	599	1.0	86%	0%	13.3	10.4	0	—	—
11h	—	75	26 SSE	35 SSE	37 SSE	908	0.0	73%	10%	13.7	8.6	0	—	—
14h	—	75	30 SE	33 SE	35 SE	582	1.0	36%	87%	13.2	9.1	0	—	—
17h	—	75	28 SE	30 SE	30 SE	258	0.0	0%	100%	13.7	9.1	0	—	—

Three designated launch points sit along the Signal Hill crest, each with a different character. The Buttress, right next to the main car park, is a kikuyu-grass slope on the edge of a picnic area — moderate use, very public. The Aerial launch, reached by a short walk past the trig beacon, is more tucked away and gets less foot traffic. The Bench, the most heavily used of the three, sits beside a popular viewpoint and draws a crowd of onlookers, including model-aircraft flyers who often use the same spot.

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Table Mountain National Park requirements

Licence required: Advance Grade licence (paragliding); C Grade licence (hang gliding) — B-grade hang glider pilots may be signed off by a C-grade pilot in suitable conditions. First-time pilots need 4 supervised launches from each site; visiting or up-country pilots need a briefing and supervised launch from a local pilot.

Designated launch points: Signal Hill North (Buttress), Signal Hill North (Aerial), Signal Hill Central (Bench)

Launch only from the three designated points (Buttress, Aerial, Bench). No slope landings except in an emergency, no night flying, and no damaging vegetation. Launching outside the designated areas carries SANParks penalties, escalating to a site ban. (Per the Oct 2004 TMNP Paragliding & Hang Gliding EMP — confirm current requirements with SAHPA/TMNP.)