About this flying site
Notify farmer Mr Moore. Great coastal site. This used to be an old favourite of the hang gliders. With easy climbs in a huge lift band to big height gains, caused by wave from the UK hills upwind across the sea.
Slieu Lewaigue paragliding site and weather forecast
UK. Live seven-day flying weather, launch directions and site information for Slieu Lewaigue.
Altitude207 m
Launch directionsNE
Coordinates54.3056, -4.3668
AreaUK
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Slieu Lewaigue is a hill site in UK with a recorded launch elevation of 207 m. It works best in north-easterly winds, and can also work in easterly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- hill
- Lift
- ridge soaring
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Slieu Lewaigue
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Slieu Lewaigue doesn't cover.
Site briefing highlights
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Take-off
E - NNE
Landing
Good top landing with bottom landing on beach or towards Maughold.
Access and parking
By road from Hibernia track, then on foot through fields. Attention livestock.
Local weather notes
Ridge soaring, some morning thermals and wave. Wave can set up from the Cumbrian hills and be in or out of phase, creating big lift or big sink depending on wave frequency which often changes with the state of the tide.
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