Signal Hill
Cape Town · SPORT · 10 min from city centre
Sun, 21 Jun
Marginal1 star — Marginal30m soarable · 7 km/h NE
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Mon 22 · 08hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 119m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Signal Hill.
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 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 | — | 119 | 22 SE | 20 SE | 20 SE | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 16.2 | 6.8 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | — | 30 | 17 ENE | 17 ENE | 17 ENE | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 98% | 19.1 | 8.7 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 30 | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 19.7 | 9.2 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 9 S | 9 S | 9 S | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 19 | 9.7 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| Sun 21← 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 | — | 119 | 0 ESE | 0 ESE | 0 ESE | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 16.4 | 12 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 30 | 7 NE | 7 NE | 7 NE | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 17.1 | 12.3 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 14h | — | 30 | 6 S | 6 S | 6 S | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.6 | 12.9 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 7 S | 7 S | 7 S | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 18 | 13.1 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| Mon 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 | 🤔 | 119 | 7 W | 9 WNW | 13 WNW | 208 | 0.0 | 36% | 0% | 16.1 | 13.3 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 11h | — | 30 | 7 NNE | 11 NNE | 13 N | 162 | 0.0 | 82% | 98% | 15.2 | 13.8 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 30 | 4 S | 6 WNW | 13 WNW | 111 | 0.0 | 73% | 100% | 15.3 | 13.6 | 0 | 1015 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 6 W | 11 WNW | 20 NW | 148 | 0.0 | 95% | 72% | 15.2 | 14.1 | 0 | 1014 | — |
| Tue 23Fog | 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 | — | 119 | 28 NW | 37 NW | 41 NW | 311 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 13.5 | 13.4 | 1 | 1015 | — |
| 11h | — | 119 | 28 NNW | 37 NNW | 43 NW | 362 | 0.0 | 100% | 23% | 13.6 | 13.2 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| 14h | — | 119 | 30 NW | 41 NW | 48 NW | 318 | 0.0 | 74% | 20% | 13.7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| 17h | — | 119 | 30 NW | 41 NW | 46 NW | 280 | 0.0 | 79% | 0% | 13.7 | 12.7 | 0 | 1016 | — |
| Wed 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 | — | 2 | 31 SE | 35 SE | 43 SE | 165 | 0.0 | 8% | 0% | 13.8 | 10.2 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 11h | — | 2 | 37 SE | 43 SE | 41 SE | 372 | 0.0 | 0% | 51% | 14.3 | 9.6 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | — | 2 | 33 SE | 39 SE | 35 SE | 265 | 0.0 | 0% | 97% | 15 | 10.1 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 41 SE | 48 SE | 44 SE | 306 | 0.0 | 0% | 90% | 14.6 | 10.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| Thu 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 | — | 2 | 17 E | 13 E | 15 E | 12 | 0.0 | 40% | 0% | 13.1 | 10.6 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 2 | 4 W | 6 WNW | 6 WNW | 10 | 0.0 | 0% | 97% | 13.8 | 11.7 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 2 | 9 SSW | 9 SSW | 9 SSW | 10 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.1 | 11.8 | 0 | 1018 | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 22 SE | 19 SE | 22 SE | 35 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 17.3 | 10.6 | 0 | 1017 | — |
| Fri 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 | 🤔 | 2 | 0 W | 0 WSW | 2 W | 36 | 0.0 | 43% | 0% | 12.6 | 10.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 2 | 6 WNW | 6 WNW | 6 NW | 100 | 0.0 | 100% | 20% | 11.4 | 11.3 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 2 | 7 NNW | 7 NNW | 9 NNW | 86 | 0.0 | 100% | 21% | 11.4 | 11.4 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 15 SW | 15 SW | 15 SW | 139 | 0.0 | 100% | 9% | 11.6 | 11.6 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 27Fog | 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 | — | 75 | 4 NNE | 4 NE | 4 NE | 84 | 0.0 | 68% | 0% | 13 | 11.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 75 | 7 W | 6 W | 6 W | 91 | 0.0 | 86% | 96% | 13.2 | 12.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 75 | 15 W | 13 W | 15 W | 116 | 0.0 | 98% | 100% | 13.2 | 12.8 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 75 | 11 WNW | 6 WNW | 6 WNW | 83 | 0.0 | 100% | 9% | 13.1 | 12.9 | 0 | — | — |
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.
Licensed pilot programme