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Paragliding
Signal Hill

Cape Town, Western Cape

Today

Marginal

30m soarable · 6 km/h SSW

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Sun 23 · 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
Thu 20Clear	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	17 SSE	15 SSE	15 SSE	127	0.0	0%	45%	12.1	9.7	0	1026	—
11h	—	30	6 WNW	6 WNW	6 WNW	38	0.0	44%	90%	12.4	10.7	0	1027	—
14h	🤔	30	17 SSW	15 SSW	15 SSW	38	0.0	0%	94%	14.6	9.1	0	1025	—
17h	—	30	7 ENE	7 ENE	7 ENE	38	0.0	0%	85%	14.6	8.4	0	1024	—
Fri 21Clear	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	31 SSE	30 SSE	30 SSE	127	0.0	0%	67%	12.1	8.3	0	1021	—
11h	🤔	30	2 NE	2 NE	2 NE	38	0.0	0%	95%	12.5	9.5	0	1020	—
14h	🤔	30	6 SSW	6 SSW	6 SSW	38	0.0	0%	98%	13.8	7.8	0	1017	—
17h	🤔	30	4 SSW	4 SSW	4 SSW	38	0.0	0%	95%	15.3	8	0	1017	—
Sat 22Clear	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	4 N	4 N	6 N	148	0.0	100%	35%	10.5	10.4	0	1025	—
11h	—	30	7 NE	9 NNE	13 N	102	0.0	59%	95%	12.7	11.1	0	1026	—
14h	—	30	9 SSW	7 SW	7 W	79	0.0	60%	98%	12.8	11.2	0	1026	—
17h	—	30	4 E	2 NNE	6 NNW	159	0.0	54%	10%	13	11.2	0	1026	—
Sun 23Clear	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 SSE	20 SSE	20 SSE	127	0.0	0%	69%	12.2	10.7	0	1028	—
11h	—	119	6 SE	6 SE	6 SE	127	0.0	0%	95%	14.3	9.5	0	1028	—
14h	🤔	119	0 NNW	0 NNW	0 NNW	127	0.0	0%	98%	14.1	9.4	0	1026	—
17h	—	119	9 SSE	9 SSE	9 SSE	127	0.0	0%	99%	14.7	8.8	0	1025	—
Mon 24Clear	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	11 NNW	11 NNW	11 NNW	36	0.0	42%	61%	13.2	11.1	0	1025	—
11h	—	2	22 SSW	11 SSW	20 SSW	39	0.0	30%	94%	14	11.5	0	1025	—
14h	—	2	33 SSW	28 SSW	33 SSW	36	0.0	21%	98%	14.6	11.6	0	1023	—
17h	🤔	2	11 SSW	17 SSW	15 SSW	16	0.0	0%	100%	14.8	10.8	0	1023	—
Tue 25Clear	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	6 NW	4 NW	4 NW	10	0.0	0%	63%	14.4	9	0	1022	—
11h	🤔	2	6 SW	7 WSW	7 WSW	10	0.0	0%	94%	14.4	9.8	0	—	—
14h	—	2	6 S	6 SW	6 SW	10	0.0	0%	98%	16.4	8.4	0	1020	—
17h	—	2	17 SE	15 ESE	15 ESE	10	0.0	0%	100%	18.5	9.7	0	—	—
Wed 26Clear	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	11 NE	6 ENE	6 ENE	83	0.0	0%	64%	16.6	6.5	0	—	—
11h	🤔	75	6 W	6 SW	6 SW	83	0.0	0%	94%	20.2	5.8	0	—	—
14h	🤔	75	17 WSW	13 WSW	13 WSW	83	0.0	0%	98%	18.2	6.1	0	—	—
17h	🤔	75	7 W	6 SW	6 SW	83	0.0	0%	100%	18.2	5.7	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.)