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Paragliding
St. James

Cape Town, Western Cape

Today

Not flyable

NAm soarable · 9 km/h S

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Thu 20 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 610m 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
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	—	133	6 S	6 S	6 S	141	0.0	0%	45%	10.7	10.4	0	1027	—
11h	👍	610	13 SE	20 SSE	20 SSE	895	2.0	3%	90%	15.2	9.5	0	1027	—
14h	—	633	19 SE	20 SE	15 SE	901	2.0	0%	94%	16.1	8.9	0	1025	—
17h	—	156	20 SE	30 SE	31 SSE	556	1.0	10%	87%	13.9	9.9	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	—	133	20 SSE	19 SSE	19 SSE	141	0.0	59%	67%	11.1	9.5	0	1021	—
11h	—	277	26 SE	30 SE	22 ESE	423	1.0	35%	95%	14.3	10.2	0	1020	—
14h	—	285	22 SE	28 SE	24 ESE	424	1.0	16%	98%	16	10.7	0	1018	—
17h	—	156	20 ESE	28 SE	31 SE	324	1.0	22%	94%	14.8	10.7	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	—	133	9 NW	9 NW	9 NW	141	0.0	0%	68%	11.7	10.8	0	1024	—
11h	—	612	20 WNW	24 WNW	28 W	902	2.0	42%	95%	17	10.5	0	1026	—
14h	—	682	24 WNW	30 WNW	30 W	964	2.0	89%	98%	17.7	11.5	0	1025	—
17h	—	156	20 W	28 W	30 W	591	1.0	100%	98%	15.7	12.3	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	—	133	6 SSE	6 SSE	6 SSE	141	0.0	0%	69%	10.7	10.9	0	1029	—
11h	👍	491	11 SSE	17 SSE	13 SSE	713	2.0	15%	95%	16.3	10.4	0	1028	—
14h	👍	472	13 SSE	13 SSE	7 SSE	672	2.0	0%	98%	17.2	9.1	0	1027	—
17h	—	133	15 S	19 SSE	17 SSE	382	1.0	0%	99%	14.6	9.6	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	—	225	19 SSE	28 SSE	33 SSE	475	0.0	89%	62%	10.3	9.4	0	1025	—
11h	—	310	22 SSE	26 SSE	30 SSE	493	1.0	58%	94%	14.5	11.4	0	1025	—
14h	—	346	28 SSE	30 SSE	33 SSE	509	1.0	24%	98%	15.3	10.8	0	1024	—
17h	—	225	26 SSE	31 SSE	41 SSE	456	1.0	81%	100%	13.6	11.4	0	1024	—
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	—	225	28 SSE	28 SE	28 SE	417	0.0	0%	63%	13.3	6	0	1022	—
11h	—	225	19 SSE	19 SSE	19 SE	402	1.0	0%	94%	18	7.5	0	—	—
14h	—	225	19 SSE	19 SSE	19 SE	431	1.0	0%	98%	20	10.1	0	1021	—
17h	—	225	19 S	19 S	24 SSE	308	0.0	0%	100%	18.5	11.7	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	—	162	26 N	22 N	24 N	220	0.0	0%	64%	17.1	4.7	0	—	—
11h	—	162	19 N	20 NNW	22 NNW	272	1.0	0%	94%	27.2	4.7	0	—	—
14h	—	162	19 WNW	20 WNW	24 WNW	359	1.0	0%	98%	26.2	4.8	0	—	—
17h	—	162	7 WNW	7 WNW	9 WNW	223	0.0	0%	100%	22.5	5.8	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.)