Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Jindabyne
83.9% full
Capacity
689.8 hm³
Volume stored
579 hm³
River
Snowy River
Year completed
1967
Coordinates
36.374°S, 148.626°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
83.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+7.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
83.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 73.5% for October across 4 years of readings (+10.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Jindabyne 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 −0.99). 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.374°S, 148.626°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Jindabyne
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Jindabyne is filled to 83.9% of its total capacity, holding 578.6 hm³ of water out of a maximum 689.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 389 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.5 pp), and it is 7.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Jindabyne — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 51.2% (April 21, 2025) to a high of 84.1% (October 4, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Lake Jindabyne was completed in 1967. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Snowy River Basin basin at 36.374°S, 148.626°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 578.6 hm³
- Total capacity
- 689.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 389 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 7.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Snowy River
- River basin
- Snowy River Basin
- Year completed
- 1967
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 36.374°S, 148.626°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 578.6 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.77 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.54 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.53 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.51 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 83.5% | 576.15 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 575.47 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 575.46 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 83.5% | 575.72 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.33 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.79 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 83.6% | 576.97 |