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Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Not flyable
Medium confidence · · Run: HRRR
The sun has set — no daylight left to fly
NESW 180° S
Current conditions
Flyability score
35
/100 · paragliding
Wind
13
mph base
Gusts
13
mph
Direction
S
180°
Aloft
13
S @ridge
Thermals
Very strong
base ~1477ft
Temp
85°
F
Cloudbase
1,477
ft MSL
Elevation
0
ft MSL
Sunrise
6:40 AM
local
Sunset
8:13 PM
local
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Where it is

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Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for at West Beach

Wind direction

ESE (110°) → S (170°)

The wind must blow from within this arc. Direction is the same for both wings.

Ideal speed

10–18 mph

Ceiling · Paragliding

≤ 19 mph base · gusts ≤ 23

Top of the range for paragliding (any rating) — switch wings up top to compare. Hang gliders hold roughly 10 mph more than paragliders.

Flat Gulf beach near Surfside/Freeport, one of the TXWingNuts club's powered-paragliding beaches. Sea-level with no relief, so it's a kiting/PPG beach rather than a soaring site; unpowered flight only works kiting a steady onshore SE wind. Offshore (N) flow is unflyable. Open public beach.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Thursday Caution workable 6am–7am
6a
15g17
SSW
7a
15g18
SSW
8a
13g15
SSW
9a
11g12
SSW
10a
11g13
SSW
11a
11g11
SSW
12p
9g9
S
1p
10g10
S
2p
9g11
SSE
3p
9g13
SSE
4p
12g14
SSE
5p
14g15
SSE
6p
13g13
S
7p
15g16
S
8p
14g15
S
Borderline only 6am–7am — best around 6am: 15 mph SSW, gusts 17. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. strong thermals.
Friday Flyable flyable 10am
6a
15g15
SSW
7a
13g15
SSW
8a
13g14
SSW
9a
13g13
SSW
10a
13g14
SSW
11a
12g13
SSW
12p
12g14
SSW
1p
13g14
SSW
2p
13g14
SSW
3p
14g15
S
4p
14g15
SSW
5p
15g16
SSW
6p
16g17
SSW
7p
17g18
SSW
8p
18g20
SSW
Flyable 6am–8pm — best around 10am: 13 mph SSW, gusts 14. 2 clean hrs, the rest borderline.
Saturday Not flyable no window
6a
14g20
WSW
7a
13g20
WSW
8a
14g20
WSW
9a
15g21
WSW
10a
14g19
W
11a
11g15
WSW
12p
12g14
SW
1p
23g25
SSW
2p
25g27
SSW
3p
25g28
SSW
4p
25g28
SSW
5p
26g29
SW
6p
26g30
SW
7p
23g26
SW
8p
16g29
SW
Too gusty — gusts past the 23 mph limit through the day.
Sunday Not flyable no window
6a
6g16
WSW
7a
7g15
WSW
8a
8g15
WSW
9a
9g17
WSW
10a
9g18
W
11a
9g18
W
12p
8g17
WNW
1p
7g17
WNW
2p
5g16
W
3p
6g15
SW
4p
8g16
SSW
5p
10g18
SSW
6p
10g22
SSW
7p
11g24
SSW
8p
11g22
SW
Wind's out of the WSW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Monday Not flyable no window
6a
10g16
WSW
7a
9g15
WSW
8a
8g19
WSW
9a
7g24
WSW
10a
7g28
WSW
11a
7g28
SW
12p
9g26
SSW
1p
11g25
SSW
2p
12g27
SSW
3p
13g29
SSW
4p
13g30
SSW
5p
13g30
SSW
6p
13g29
SSW
7p
13g28
SSW
8p
12g28
SSW
Too gusty — gusts past the 23 mph limit through the day.
Tuesday Not flyable no window
6a
13g19
SSW
7a
12g16
SSW
8a
12g15
SSW
9a
13g16
SSW
10a
12g17
SSW
11a
12g18
SSW
12p
11g19
SSW
1p
10g20
SSW
2p
10g21
S
3p
11g22
S
4p
11g22
S
5p
11g22
S
6p
11g22
S
7p
11g22
S
8p
11g22
S
No usable window today.
Wednesday Not flyable no window
6a
9g17
SSW
7a
8g17
SSW
8a
9g18
SSW
9a
9g18
SSW
10a
9g19
S
11a
9g19
S
12p
9g18
S
1p
10g19
S
2p
10g19
S
3p
10g20
S
4p
9g21
S
5p
9g22
S
6p
10g22
SSE
7p
10g22
SSE
8p
10g22
SSE
No usable window today.
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