Wilderness

Garden Route · BASIC · 4.5 hours

Mon, 01 Jun

Flyable2 starsFlyable

4 km/h SSW · not flyable

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Tue 2 · 14hh00 · 👍 2 stars · 483m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Wilderness.

p75 690mp95 1107m94mSun 3194mMon 1483mTue 294mWed 31mThu 41mFri 51mSat 6325mSun 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
08h944 N4 N4 N1020.00%68%14.411.901020
11h946 SSE6 SSE4 SE1851.00%99%19.212.401020
14h946 SSE2 SE2 NNE2341.00%100%20.412.401018
17h944 NE4 NE4 NE1020.00%100%20.417.501017
Mon 1ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9437 N35 N35 N1020.00%66%17.110.201016
11h9430 NNW28 NNW28 NNW1020.00%98%22.613.401016
14h944 SSW4 SSW4 SW2701.00%94%22.313.201015
17h946 SSW6 SSW6 SSW1760.05%100%18.914.801016
Tue 2ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9411 WNW9 WNW9 WNW1020.00%61%15.313.101021
11h👍42411 SW17 WSW19 W8581.051%94%18.413.201021
14h👍48315 SW20 WSW22 W8192.075%96%18.114.201020
17h👍9411 SW17 SW20 WSW3120.087%100%16.114.801021
Wed 3🌧 RainStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9417 ESE15 ESE15 ESE1020.070%0%14.713.361022
11h9417 ESE30 ESE39 ESE2380.058%5%14.712.821022
14h9420 ESE33 ESE43 ESE2510.056%4%14.212.451020
17h9417 ESE30 ESE39 ESE2320.054%0%13.711.8101021
Thu 4🌧 RainStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h146 SE50 SE52 SE8461.051%0%15.310.361019
11h122 E24 E28 E4141.079%3%13.311.641019
14h12 SE4 SE11 SE1100.036%7%13.210.591018
17h131 SSE37 SSE41 SSE7181.030%91%15.510.641017
Fri 5ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h139 WNW43 WNW48 W1611.01%83%13.39.311018
11h126 W28 W28 WSW7711.02%100%14.98.701017
14h126 WSW28 WSW30 W4101.00%100%159.401015
17h124 W28 W33 W15681.072%5%15.98.801015
Sat 6ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h111 NW11 NW11 NW390.00%80%12.880
11h14 SSE4 SSE4 S1560.00%98%14.47.30
14h17 ENE9 ENE7 ENE340.00%100%14.48.90
17h14 ENE6 ENE6 ENE90.00%100%15.17.90
Sun 7ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h32522 NNW19 NNW20 NNW3680.00%76%8.70.70
11h32513 NW15 NW17 NW7881.00%100%15.530
14h👍32511 SW11 WSW15 W7201.00%100%16.15.60
17h3252 SSW4 SSW6 SW3970.00%0%14.17.60

Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site

About Wilderness

Consistent SW sea-breeze ridge lift above the Garden Route lagoons.

Takeoff ~380m ASL4.5 hours from Cape Town

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