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Paragliding
St. James

Cape Town, Western Cape

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Flyable

792m soarable · 6 km/h S

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Sat 1 · 14h00 · 👍 2 stars · 792m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for St. James.

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	—	133	7 NW	7 NW	7 NW	141	0.0	0%	9%	12	7.2	0	1024	—
11h	—	156	9 SE	7 ESE	7 E	379	1.0	0%	87%	21	2.8	0	1024	—
14h	👍	525	7 SE	9 SSE	13 S	848	2.0	0%	90%	22.9	1.6	0	1022	—
17h	—	156	13 E	13 E	13 E	190	0.0	0%	74%	19.9	5.2	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	—	133	7 NNW	7 NNW	7 NNW	141	0.0	0%	25%	11.5	5.4	0	1020	—
11h	—	156	4 ESE	4 NE	4 NNE	481	1.0	0%	94%	23	-0.8	0	1020	—
14h	👍	792	6 S	9 N	19 N	1232	2.0	0%	98%	25	0.9	0	1019	—
17h	—	156	7 WNW	7 WNW	7 NW	193	0.0	0%	100%	21	5.9	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	—	133	11 NW	9 NW	9 NW	141	0.0	0%	44%	12.8	4.7	0	1019	—
11h	—	243	6 SW	4 NW	15 NNW	540	1.0	0%	96%	21.9	4.6	0	1019	—
14h	—	209	22 W	20 W	19 WNW	381	1.0	0%	97%	21.3	6.7	0	1018	—
17h	—	156	11 WNW	13 WNW	15 WNW	210	0.0	0%	100%	18.4	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	—	133	6 NW	6 NW	6 NW	141	0.0	0%	33%	10.9	7.7	0	1017	—
11h	—	292	4 E	4 NNE	11 NNW	507	1.0	0%	93%	20.8	6.8	0	1017	—
14h	👍	390	7 SSE	2 SW	9 NW	596	2.0	0%	95%	21.5	8.2	0	1015	—
17h	🤔	133	6 SSE	7 SSE	7 SSE	223	1.0	0%	92%	17	9.5	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	—	225	24 WNW	26 WNW	28 WNW	390	0.0	0%	19%	11.3	6.5	0	1016	—
11h	—	225	13 WNW	13 WNW	15 WNW	572	1.0	0%	93%	15.5	9.4	0	1017	—
14h	—	401	17 WNW	17 WNW	13 NW	633	1.0	0%	99%	16.2	9.2	0	1016	—
17h	—	225	24 W	24 WNW	24 WNW	391	1.0	49%	100%	14	11.2	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	—	225	9 N	31 NW	43 NW	681	0.0	100%	1%	10.3	9.8	0	1018	—
11h	—	225	24 NNW	33 NNW	44 NW	427	1.0	99%	15%	11.6	10.3	0	1019	—
14h	—	225	39 NNW	50 NW	57 NW	520	1.0	100%	39%	12.8	10.8	0	1018	—
17h	—	225	41 NW	48 NW	56 NW	444	1.0	81%	100%	13	10.9	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	—	162	24 S	37 S	41 S	1113	0.0	100%	0%	12.1	9.1	0	—	—
11h	—	162	30 SSE	33 SSE	28 SSE	1185	1.0	100%	26%	13	7	0	—	—
14h	—	442	30 ESE	31 ESE	30 ESE	991	1.0	100%	35%	12.7	8.1	0	—	—
17h	—	162	28 ESE	31 ESE	33 ESE	528	1.0	34%	100%	12.3	7.9	0	—	—

A Silvermine-cluster launch on the cliff-top circuit above St James, on a short-fynbos slope over occasional sandstone outcrop. Foot access only, well off the beaten track — hikers here have usually walked over an hour, so passing traffic is minimal.

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Table Mountain National Park requirements

Licence required: Advance Grade licence for paragliding (Basic-licence pilots only under supervision); B grade for hang gliding (no A-licence sign-offs) — some Silvermine launches require C grade.

Reached on foot only via recognised footpaths — unlike the other Silvermine launches, there's no vehicle/boom-gate access here. Activity Card and SAHPA membership still required. No night flying, no damaging vegetation. (Per the Oct 2004 TMNP EMP — confirm current requirements with SAHPA/TMNP.)