Lock 2 - Waikerie

As of September 9, 2026, Lock 2 - Waikerie is filled to 66.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 40 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 27 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.0 pts), and it is 2.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Lock 2 - Waikerie — 1095 data points between September 11, 2023 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 64.6% (November 30, 2023) to a high of 80.1% (September 28, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around July.

The dam at Lock 2 - Waikerie was completed in 1928. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the River Murray Basin basin at 34.084°S, 139.949°E.