Basic
Paragliding
Strandfontein
West Coast, Western Cape
Today
Not flyable
26 km/h SSW · not flyable
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Tue 25 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 84m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Strandfontein.
▸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 | — | 84 | 17 SE | 19 SE | 24 SE | 178 | 0.0 | 26% | 55% | 11.1 | 8.2 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 11h | — | 214 | 19 S | 19 SSE | 20 SE | 387 | 1.0 | 0% | 94% | 19.4 | 10.4 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 177 | 28 S | 30 S | 30 S | 297 | 1.0 | 0% | 97% | 18.1 | 11.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 28 S | 31 S | 37 SSE | 237 | 1.0 | 68% | 95% | 14.2 | 11.6 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 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 | — | 84 | 19 SSW | 20 SSW | 24 SSW | 182 | 0.0 | 68% | 57% | 11.6 | 10.2 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | — | 200 | 7 SE | 11 ESE | 15 ESE | 390 | 1.0 | 0% | 94% | 21 | 8.5 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 14h | — | 158 | 26 SSW | 26 S | 26 S | 269 | 1.0 | 0% | 99% | 17.2 | 10.2 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 22 S | 24 SSE | 26 SSE | 237 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.5 | 10 | 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 | — | 84 | 19 SE | 20 SE | 26 SE | 177 | 0.0 | 0% | 59% | 9.1 | 3.7 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 11h | — | 293 | 24 SSE | 26 SSE | 31 SE | 490 | 2.0 | 0% | 94% | 17.2 | 6.1 | 0 | 1027 | — |
| 14h | — | 229 | 33 S | 35 S | 37 SSE | 369 | 2.0 | 0% | 97% | 17.2 | 7.4 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 31 S | 35 S | 41 SSE | 263 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.7 | 8.5 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 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 | — | 84 | 19 SE | 24 SE | 31 SE | 201 | 0.0 | 0% | 49% | 10.2 | 5.9 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 11h | — | 159 | 26 S | 28 SSE | 28 SSE | 298 | 1.0 | 0% | 94% | 18.5 | 7 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 178 | 35 S | 37 S | 39 S | 294 | 1.0 | 0% | 99% | 18.3 | 8.8 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 35 S | 41 SSE | 48 SSE | 259 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 16.5 | 9.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 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 | — | 84 | 19 SE | 22 SE | 28 SE | 186 | 0.0 | 0% | 62% | 11.4 | 5.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 158 | 24 S | 24 SSE | 24 SSE | 299 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 18.8 | 7.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 158 | 31 S | 31 S | 33 SSE | 270 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 31 S | 33 SSE | 41 SSE | 224 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.9 | 9.6 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 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 | — | 84 | 6 ESE | 9 SE | 9 SE | 93 | 0.0 | 0% | 64% | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 84 | 9 SW | 9 SW | 6 SW | 169 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 28.1 | 4.2 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 124 | 13 SSW | 11 SSW | 13 SW | 257 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 27.3 | 2.6 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 15 SSE | 15 SSE | 17 SSE | 163 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 28.5 | 1.4 | 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 | — | 84 | 26 NNW | 33 NNW | 41 NNW | 213 | 0.0 | 0% | 65% | 17.1 | 4.7 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 167 | 30 NW | 33 NW | 39 NNW | 323 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 26.4 | 4.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 161 | 19 WNW | 20 WNW | 24 WNW | 290 | 1.0 | 0% | 98% | 27 | 4.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 84 | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 254 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 22.4 | 8.4 | 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.
Detailed site description not yet documented — flying conditions and location data below are drawn directly from our site metadata.
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Wind recommendation
NW - SW
Flyable directions
SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW
Wind speed range
0–18 km/h
Student site
No
Quick facts
- Grade
- Basic
- Region
- West Coast
- Distance from Cape Town
- 388 km (straight-line)
- Coordinates
- -30.5437°S, 17.4064°E
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