Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Cooloolabin
94.3% full
Capacity
8.2 hm³
Volume stored
8 hm³
River
Rocky Creek
Year completed
1979
Coordinates
26.546°S, 152.879°E
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
94.3%vs 7 days ago
-1.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
-4.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Cooloolabin
As of September 9, 2026, Cooloolabin is filled to 94.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 8 hm³ of water out of a maximum 8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.0 pts), and it is 4.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cooloolabin — 1018 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 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 BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Rocky Creek Basin basin at 26.546°S, 152.879°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.3%
- Water stored
- 8 hm³
- Total capacity
- 8 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.6 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Rocky Creek
- River basin
- Rocky Creek Basin
- Year completed
- 1979
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.546°S, 152.879°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 94.3% | 8 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 94.5% | 8 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 94.7% | 8 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 94.7% | 8 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 95.0% | 8 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 95.1% | 8 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 95.1% | 8 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 95.3% | 8 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 95.5% | 8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 95.4% | 8 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 95.5% | 8 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 95.5% | 8 |