Signal Hill

Cape Town · SPORT · 10 min from city centre

Mon, 01 Jun

Marginal1 starMarginal

30m soarable · 9 km/h SSW

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Sun 31 · 14hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 30m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Signal Hill.

p75 63mp95 63m30mSun 3130mMon 130mTue 2119mWed 32mThu 42mFri 52mSat 675mSun 7
p75 — typical flyable dayp95 — exceptional dayBar height = soarable tops (hwcrit)

Detailed forecast

Scroll down through the week. Each day opens with a daily summary.

TimeStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
Sun 31ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h11913 SSE11 SSE11 SSE1270.00%1%15.310.401019
11h3013 S13 S13 S380.00%99%15.511.601018
14h🤔3019 SSW19 SSW19 SSW380.00%100%16.411.201017
17h304 S4 S4 S390.00%100%17.311.501017
Mon 1← from forecastClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h1194 SSE4 SSE4 SSE1270.00%0%15.912.201017
11h🤔306 N6 N6 N380.016%84%15.412.301018
14h🤔309 SSW9 SSW9 SSW380.00%90%15.512.401016
17h🤔3019 SSW19 SSW19 SSW380.00%97%16.113.701016
Tue 2ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h11915 SE15 SE15 SE1270.00%0%14.613.401021
11h309 WNW9 WNW9 WNW380.00%96%1513.901022
14h3039 SE39 SE39 SE390.00%99%17.612.301021
17h3043 SE43 SE43 SE380.00%100%16.212.101021
Wed 3ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h11943 SE65 SE80 SE2570.039%0%13.911.501020
11h11950 SSE76 SE85 SE4221.054%32%14.111.601021
14h11950 SE80 SE87 SE5080.027%66%14.51101020
17h11948 SE80 SE94 SE4141.017%89%13.810.301020
Thu 4ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h252 SE63 SE74 SE5621.00%0%14.39.801023
11h241 SE52 SE59 SE10581.027%100%15.18.501023
14h243 SE48 SE48 SE12851.038%100%15.88.101021
17h243 SE48 SE48 SE10291.015%100%15.58.601020
Fri 5ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h213 ENE11 ENE13 E1531.00%7%11.87.401018
11h27 NE7 ENE7 ENE1210.00%100%13.46.501019
14h🤔27 WSW6 WSW6 WSW820.00%100%14.67.201016
17h🤔213 SSW13 SSW13 SSW2270.00%100%158.701016
Sat 6ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h🤔219 NNE19 N19 N1020.013%2%12.79.10
11h226 NNW26 NNW26 NNW2380.07%100%14.410.60
14h230 NNW31 NNW33 NNW2170.00%100%1510.70
17h231 NNW37 NW37 NW9450.069%100%15.311.10
Sun 7ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h7530 N33 N41 N3431.029%0%13.610.50
11h7535 NNW37 NNW41 NNW2951.072%4%1412.10
14h7526 WSW28 WSW28 WSW6190.070%15%15.312.30
17h7524 WSW24 WSW22 WSW7881.038%84%15.110.10

Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site

About Signal Hill

Cape Town's most accessible training site. Consistent SE ridge soaring, used for all beginner and supervised-solo sessions.

Takeoff ~350m ASL10 min from city centre from Cape TownUsed for student training

Licensed pilot programme

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The licensed pilot programme offers supervised sessions, weather briefings, and site access support.

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