Signal Hill
Cape Town · SPORT · 10 min from city centre
Sun, 12 Jul
Marginal1 star — Marginal30m soarable · 17 km/h SSW
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Mon 13 · 11hh00 · 🤔 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 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 | — | 119 | 24 SSE | 24 SSE | 24 SSE | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 11.8 | 8.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 30 | 11 W | 9 W | 9 W | 38 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 12.2 | 9.7 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 30 | 0 NNW | 0 NNW | 0 NNW | 38 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 12.6 | 9.2 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 20 SE | 19 SE | 19 SE | 39 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.6 | 8.3 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 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 | — | 119 | 17 SE | 15 SE | 15 SE | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 13.1 | 8 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 30 | 17 SSW | 17 SSW | 17 SSW | 38 | 0.0 | 0% | 88% | 13.6 | 9.5 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 30 | 17 S | 15 S | 15 S | 38 | 0.0 | 0% | 91% | 14.4 | 8.4 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 30 | 15 S | 15 S | 15 S | 38 | 0.0 | 0% | 80% | 14.7 | 8.8 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 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 | — | 119 | 13 SE | 11 SE | 11 SE | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 2% | 12.6 | 8.6 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 119 | 2 N | 2 N | 2 N | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 12.3 | 9.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 119 | 9 W | 9 W | 9 W | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 12.4 | 8.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 119 | 9 WSW | 9 WSW | 9 WSW | 127 | 0.0 | 0% | 95% | 13 | 9.2 | 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 | 🤔 | 2 | 9 NE | 9 NE | 9 NE | 39 | 0.0 | 18% | 0% | 11.9 | 8.5 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 2 | 6 N | 6 N | 6 N | 35 | 0.0 | 0% | 94% | 12.9 | 8 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 2 | 7 NNW | 6 NNW | 6 NNW | 26 | 0.0 | 40% | 100% | 13.2 | 10.9 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 7 W | 6 W | 6 W | 17 | 0.0 | 77% | 100% | 13.4 | 12.6 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 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 | 🤔 | 2 | 11 NE | 11 NE | 9 NE | 44 | 0.0 | 38% | 0% | 11.8 | 9.3 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 2 | 7 N | 7 N | 7 N | 24 | 0.0 | 9% | 12% | 13.1 | 9.2 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 2 | 6 WNW | 4 W | 6 W | 26 | 0.0 | 44% | 33% | 13.3 | 11.2 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 7 SSE | 6 SSE | 6 SSE | 18 | 0.0 | 64% | 10% | 13.5 | 12.2 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 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 | — | 2 | 13 NNE | 13 NNE | 13 NNE | 40 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 11 | 10.9 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 11h | — | 2 | 15 N | 15 N | 15 N | 38 | 0.0 | 87% | 93% | 12.3 | 11.5 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 2 | 22 NNW | 24 NNW | 28 NW | 134 | 0.0 | 76% | 100% | 13.4 | 12.3 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 2 | 26 NNW | 28 NW | 31 NW | 134 | 0.0 | 76% | 5% | 13.7 | 12.6 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 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 | — | 75 | 43 SE | 50 SE | 61 SE | 335 | 1.0 | 0% | 0% | 11.1 | 7.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 75 | 52 SE | 61 SE | 67 ESE | 698 | 1.0 | 0% | 87% | 12.5 | 5.4 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 75 | 46 SE | 54 ESE | 54 ESE | 765 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 14.4 | 5.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 75 | 44 SE | 56 ESE | 59 ESE | 604 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 14.3 | 6 | 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