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Paragliding
Strandfontein

West Coast, Western Cape

Today

Flyable

389m soarable · 17 km/h WSW

FlyableWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Thu 22 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 721m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Strandfontein.

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)
Tue 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)
08h	—	84	9 SSW	9 SSW	7 SSW	164	1.0	0%	100%	16.1	4.7	0	1018
11h	—	185	17 SSW	13 SSW	7 SSW	303	1.0	0%	100%	20.9	4.5	0	1016
14h	—	219	24 SSW	22 SSW	20 SSW	336	2.0	0%	97%	21	5	0	1014
17h	—	132	26 S	28 S	30 S	304	1.0	0%	88%	19.5	6.1	0	1015
Wed 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)
08h	—	84	9 NNW	9 NW	9 NW	404	1.0	0%	100%	16.3	6.3	0	1018
11h	👍	389	17 WSW	11 W	7 NW	581	2.0	0%	92%	19	8	0	1018
14h	—	291	19 WSW	17 WSW	11 WSW	432	2.0	0%	97%	18.8	10.1	0	1017
17h	👍	149	15 SW	15 SW	15 SW	310	1.0	28%	88%	17.6	11.9	0	1016
Thu 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)
08h	—	84	11 NNW	13 NNW	15 NNW	262	1.0	45%	18%	16.6	12.6	0	1020
11h	👍	721	13 WNW	9 WNW	6 WSW	1015	2.0	99%	100%	20.4	13.4	0	1020
14h	—	406	20 WSW	17 SW	11 SW	586	2.0	42%	97%	19.6	13.8	0	1019
17h	—	257	20 SSW	22 SSW	24 S	450	1.0	81%	88%	18.2	14.6	0	1019
Fri 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)
08h	—	84	19 SE	20 SE	28 ESE	297	1.0	0%	100%	19.3	12.2	0	1020
11h	—	247	31 S	30 S	26 SSE	377	2.0	0%	100%	21.7	11.9	0	1019
14h	—	224	35 S	37 S	39 S	337	2.0	0%	97%	21.5	12	0	1018
17h	—	84	35 S	37 S	43 SSE	274	1.0	0%	88%	21.6	11.3	0	1017
Sat 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)
08h	—	84	17 SE	19 SE	26 SE	228	1.0	0%	100%	21.3	7.8	0	1017
11h	—	193	31 S	31 S	30 SSE	303	1.0	0%	100%	24.4	9.4	0	1015
14h	—	198	37 S	39 S	39 SSE	304	2.0	0%	97%	24.8	9.4	0	1013
17h	—	84	35 S	39 SSE	44 SSE	247	1.0	0%	88%	22.8	9.8	0	1011
Sun 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)
08h	—	46	18 S	17 S	21 S	174	0.0	44%	100%	16.5	13.3	0	1017
11h	—	153	23 S	26 S	30 S	272	1.0	60%	100%	17.1	14.2	0	1018
14h	—	155	30 S	36 S	41 S	318	1.0	91%	67%	17.2	14.9	0	1018
17h	—	110	33 S	40 S	46 SSE	307	1.0	100%	50%	16.7	15.1	0	1018
Mon 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)
08h	—	46	16 S	19 S	24 SSE	278	0.0	95%	17%	15.5	14.2	0	—
11h	—	178	21 S	23 S	28 SSE	350	1.0	92%	68%	16.6	14.5	0	—
14h	—	109	30 S	31 S	32 SSE	235	1.0	63%	75%	17.2	14.4	0	—
17h	—	76	37 S	40 S	47 S	244	1.0	89%	48%	16	14.5	0	—

Data flag: Coordinates in SiteMeta (-30.54, 17.41) are far north of the known False Bay Strandfontein location — likely a data entry error in the sheet. Flagged for Ria to confirm/correct before publishing.

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