Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Cooloolabin
101.6% full
Capacity
8.183 hm³
Volume stored
8 hm³
River
Rocky Creek
Year completed
1979
Coordinates
26.546°S, 152.879°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
101.6%vs 7 days ago
+9.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+12.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
113%of normal
101.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 89.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+12.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Cooloolabin had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.03). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.546°S, 152.879°E · Open in Google Maps
About Cooloolabin
As of October 28, 2026, Cooloolabin is filled to 101.6% of its total capacity, holding 8.317 hm³ of water out of a maximum 8.183 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 9.6 percentage points, and it is 12.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cooloolabin — 1020 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 39.8% (December 15, 2023) to a high of 111.7% (March 29, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Cooloolabin was completed in 1979. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Rocky Creek Basin basin at 26.546°S, 152.879°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 101.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 8.317 hm³
- Total capacity
- 8.183 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 9.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 12.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Rocky Creek
- River basin
- Rocky Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1979
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 26.546°S, 152.879°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 101.6% | 8.317 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 103.4% | 8.46 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 104.1% | 8.52 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 102.0% | 8.35 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 100.6% | 8.23 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 94.8% | 7.76 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 7.53 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 91.6% | 7.49 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 7.45 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 90.8% | 7.43 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 90.8% | 7.43 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 90.5% | 7.4 |