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Paragliding
Strandfontein

West Coast, Western Cape

Today

Flyable

259m soarable · 15 km/h WNW

FlyableWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Thu 1 · 11h00 · 👍 2 stars · 259m 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)
Wed 30Clear	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	20 NNW	24 NNW	31 NNW	256	1.0	0%	100%	18.2	10.2	0	1017
11h	—	286	26 WNW	28 NW	30 NW	450	2.0	0%	99%	21.2	9	0	1016
14h	—	335	22 WNW	22 NW	24 NW	505	2.0	0%	97%	21.1	9.5	0	1014
17h	👍	166	17 NW	17 NW	19 NNW	386	1.0	0%	90%	21.4	9.7	0	1012
Thu 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)
08h	—	84	7 N	7 NNW	13 NNW	215	1.0	29%	100%	14.1	10.3	0	1019
11h	👍	259	15 WNW	13 NW	17 NNW	425	2.0	0%	99%	20.5	10.1	0	1017
14h	—	230	20 W	20 WNW	20 NW	363	2.0	0%	97%	21.1	10.2	0	1015
17h	👍	84	13 W	13 WNW	15 WNW	269	1.0	0%	90%	18.4	11.6	0	1016
Fri 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)
08h	—	84	19 N	20 N	24 N	312	1.0	70%	85%	14.6	11.3	0	1021
11h	—	471	24 WNW	24 NW	22 NNW	701	2.0	19%	90%	18.4	10.9	0	1020
14h	—	463	24 W	26 WNW	24 WNW	673	2.0	49%	87%	17.5	11.8	0	1018
17h	👍	225	15 W	17 W	19 W	483	1.0	61%	57%	16	12.1	0	1019
Sat 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)
08h	—	332	31 SSE	41 SSE	52 SSE	744	1.0	88%	100%	13.6	9.4	0	1024
11h	—	552	35 S	37 SSE	33 SSE	795	2.0	53%	99%	15.7	9	0	1023
14h	—	315	31 S	31 S	28 S	467	2.0	0%	97%	16.3	9.8	0	1021
17h	—	139	33 S	37 S	41 SSE	314	1.0	5%	90%	16.2	10.5	0	1019
Sun 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)
08h	—	—	10 ESE	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.4	—	0	1018
11h	—	—	7 SSW	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.7	—	0	1017
14h	—	—	24 SSW	—	—	—	—	—	—	23.5	—	0	1014
17h	—	—	33 S	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.4	—	0	1013
Mon 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)
08h	—	—	11 S	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.5	—	0	1014
11h	🤔	—	14 SW	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.3	—	0	1013
14h	—	—	18 SSW	—	—	—	—	—	—	19.9	—	0	1011
17h	—	—	24 SSW	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.5	—	0	1012

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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