There is a flying tip and an acronym index at the bottom of the report for those not understanding some of the weather jargon. ;)

29 April 2026

Good morning all you super cool Wild2fly people! Another cold morning with well below freezing temps in the interior - winter a surly here! ;) Some wild flying yesterday around Wilderness - the coast at CP being the obvious choice - even here it was super strong and fairly bumpy. And would you believe there were some Freestate farmers flying at Sedge!? lol Yes. Really! ;) lol Mark Miller did a sweet 30km triangle from the lower Northern Berg near Estcourt area. https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Super_mil/28.04.2026/11:30 Cool flight that! :) Looks like a spate of bad  weather over the Alps - zero flights recorded from there on Xcontest. Only 7 flights over 100km yesterday all but one were from the US. A bautifl 152km FAI triangle from Brian Cooper https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:aerocooper/28.04.2026/18:39  And Gavin MacClurg with a 124km triangle https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:gavin_mcclurg/28.04.2026/17:20 Then Andy Howsen and some mates doing a sweet 105km out and return over the Scottish highlands! https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:AndyHowson/28.04.2026/11:16 Thats our cover pic too. ;) Today’s weather is way better than yesterday. We have a loooong SAH ridge along the southern parts (I’ve never seen such a long ridge!) ;) Loads of stable air in the interior with few clouds around. Note the long sea breeze on the KZN coast. For Wilderness we have a light southerly backing more SE towards the end of the day. It looks like Sedge will be the place to be with things probably kicking off around 10:30/11:30 from the looks of things. I think lunchtime the prime time. Lekker thermal with climbs perhaps to 2000ft. Maybe some Q's though these are scarce and mainly to the east of us. Maybe Map will offer some light soaring in the afternoon. Gerrickes looks like it will work. And for the XC guys the run from Sedge to Gerrickes and then along PR to KK looks doable. ;) Looks like a fun day out! Lekker! High tide this afternoon at 14:36 and low tide about 6hrs either side of that. Sunrise was at 7:03 and setting at 17:51. Daylight of 10 hrs and 48 min! Max temps today another cold 17 degrees C in Wilderness! Have a lekker one everybody and as always, remember also to take a moment and reflect on God. :) That’s really what life is all about. (John 10:10. Rom 10:9. Eph 4:31-32.)

Todays flying tip: If you dont have a cool winter belaclava then use an extra buff. It helps! ;)

Map top landing Site briefing here: https://wild2fly.co.za/index.php/weather-wilderness/weather-wilderness-history 

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