Swartberg
Garden Route · SPORT · 4 hours
Sun, 12 Jul
Flyable2 stars — Flyable15 km/h NNE · not flyable
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Mon 13 · 14hh00 · 👍 2 stars · 1,617m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Swartberg.
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 | — | 1,333 | 11 ENE | 9 ENE | 9 ENE | 1341 | 0.0 | 44% | 37% | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,903 | 7 ENE | 11 NE | 11 ENE | 2346 | 2.0 | 93% | 89% | 9.2 | 2.9 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,333 | 9 ESE | 9 E | 9 ENE | 2281 | 1.0 | 100% | 16% | 8.8 | 3.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 1,333 | 11 SE | 11 ESE | 11 E | 1892 | 1.0 | 100% | 4% | 7.6 | 5.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| Sun 12Clear | 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 | — | 1,333 | 11 NNE | 9 NNE | 9 NNE | 1341 | 0.0 | 35% | 40% | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,686 | 17 NNE | 19 NE | 15 NE | 2036 | 2.0 | 0% | 95% | 9.6 | 3.4 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,669 | 15 NNE | 17 NE | 9 ENE | 1964 | 2.0 | 18% | 100% | 10.4 | 4.3 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 17h | — | 1,333 | 15 NE | 17 NE | 17 NE | 1628 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 9 | 4.8 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 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 | — | 1,333 | 17 NNE | 15 NNE | 15 NNE | 1341 | 0.0 | 0% | 57% | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,333 | 19 N | 20 N | 17 N | 1627 | 1.0 | 0% | 97% | 10.4 | 5.4 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 1,617 | 15 N | 17 NNW | 20 NW | 1916 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 12.3 | 4.9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 1,333 | 7 N | 9 N | 9 N | 1404 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 10.9 | 5.3 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 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 | 🤔 | 1,333 | 15 N | 13 N | 13 N | 1341 | 0.0 | 0% | 58% | 6.8 | 3.4 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,333 | 19 NNW | 22 NNW | 26 NW | 1619 | 1.0 | 0% | 97% | 12.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,669 | 13 NW | 20 WNW | 24 WNW | 2025 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 13.5 | 3.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 1,333 | 7 SSW | 7 SW | 7 SW | 1548 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 11.3 | 5.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 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 | — | 1,060 | 9 WSW | 9 WSW | 9 WSW | 1135 | 0.0 | 0% | 31% | 6.8 | -1.3 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,131 | 6 SE | 6 ESE | 6 ESE | 1497 | 1.0 | 0% | 95% | 11.1 | 3.8 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,193 | 9 SW | 4 SW | 4 N | 1453 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 12.7 | 4.9 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 1,060 | 7 SSW | 6 SSW | 6 S | 1274 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 11.4 | 5.1 | 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 | — | 1,060 | 22 WNW | 31 W | 37 W | 1280 | 0.0 | 0% | 27% | 9.2 | -0.4 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 11h | — | 1,060 | 6 SSW | 6 SW | 7 W | 1261 | 1.0 | 0% | 89% | 12.4 | 3.9 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,293 | 17 SW | 15 WSW | 13 W | 1595 | 1.0 | 0% | 92% | 13.9 | 3.7 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 17h | — | 1,060 | 7 SW | 7 SW | 6 SW | 1309 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 12.3 | 5.3 | 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 | — | 985 | 37 SSE | 43 S | 48 S | 1306 | 1.0 | 100% | 1% | 4.2 | 4.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 1,102 | 31 SSE | 33 SSE | 35 SSE | 1300 | 1.0 | 58% | 94% | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 1,279 | 20 SE | 19 SE | 11 SE | 1555 | 2.0 | 0% | 99% | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 985 | 26 SE | 30 SE | 28 SE | 1383 | 1.0 | 2% | 100% | 7.2 | 1.1 | 0 | — | — |
Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site
About Swartberg
High passes of the Swartberg mountains. Advanced XC conditions.
4 hours from Cape Town
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