Buffalo Bay
Garden Route · BASIC · 4.5 hours
Sun, 12 Jul
Flyable2 stars — Flyable25m soarable · 22 km/h SE
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Sun 12 · 11hh00 · 👍 2 stars · 25m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Buffalo Bay.
Detailed forecast
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11Clear | 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 | — | 25 | 9 N | 7 N | 7 N | 33 | 0.0 | 51% | 40% | 10.8 | 9.3 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 25 | 4 S | 4 S | 4 S | 33 | 0.0 | 56% | 96% | 10.7 | 9.4 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 25 | 11 SSE | 9 SSE | 9 SSE | 33 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 11 | 9.6 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 17h | — | 25 | 15 ESE | 15 ESE | 15 ESE | 33 | 0.0 | 50% | 100% | 12 | 10.4 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| Sun 12← from forecastClear | 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 | — | 25 | 11 ENE | 9 ENE | 9 ENE | 33 | 0.0 | 0% | 57% | 11.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 25 | 11 SE | 11 SE | 11 SE | 33 | 0.0 | 32% | 97% | 12.3 | 10.1 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 25 | 22 SE | 20 SE | 20 SE | 33 | 0.0 | 0% | 97% | 12.9 | 11.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 25 | 26 ESE | 24 ESE | 24 ESE | 33 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 13.5 | 12.1 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| Mon 13Clear | 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 | — | 25 | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 33 | 0.0 | 37% | 57% | 12 | 9.8 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 11h | — | 25 | 7 WSW | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 33 | 0.0 | 34% | 97% | 12.1 | 9.9 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 25 | 4 SW | 4 SW | 4 SW | 33 | 0.0 | 5% | 100% | 12.2 | 9.7 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 25 | 2 NW | 2 NW | 2 NW | 33 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 12.7 | 9.8 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Tue 14Clear | 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 | — | 1 | 6 NW | 6 NW | 7 NW | 78 | 0.0 | 0% | 31% | 15 | 10.2 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 9 WNW | 9 WNW | 9 W | 45 | 0.0 | 0% | 95% | 15 | 10.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 6 WSW | 90 | 0.0 | 16% | 100% | 15.3 | 11.7 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 4 NNW | 6 NNW | 4 NNW | 41 | 0.0 | 28% | 100% | 15.2 | 12.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| Wed 15Clear | 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 | — | 1 | 15 NW | 15 NW | 17 NW | 87 | 0.0 | 0% | 31% | 14.7 | 10.5 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 17 NW | 15 NW | 17 NW | 37 | 0.0 | 0% | 95% | 15.7 | 10.3 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 17 WSW | 13 WSW | 13 WSW | 16 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 16 | 10.9 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 13 WSW | 13 SW | 17 SW | 176 | 0.0 | 27% | 100% | 15.8 | 12.7 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| Thu 16Clear | 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 | — | 1 | 15 WNW | 13 WNW | 13 WNW | 178 | 0.0 | 76% | 8% | 14.6 | 12.8 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 11 W | 13 W | 13 W | 163 | 0.0 | 59% | 85% | 14.6 | 12.6 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 15 WSW | 15 WSW | 17 WSW | 135 | 0.0 | 36% | 77% | 15.1 | 12.3 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 9 NW | 9 NW | 9 WNW | 105 | 0.0 | 58% | 100% | 15.1 | 13.1 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| Fri 17Clear | 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 | — | 57 | 24 SW | 30 SW | 31 SW | 487 | 0.0 | 0% | 32% | 11.2 | 5.2 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 946 | 17 SW | 19 SW | 22 S | 1569 | 2.0 | 71% | 75% | 14.3 | 3.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 1,011 | 15 WSW | 15 SW | 26 S | 1530 | 2.0 | 100% | 99% | 14.6 | 4.4 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 57 | 11 WNW | 11 WNW | 11 WNW | 259 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 13 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site
About Buffalo Bay
4.5 hours from Cape Town
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