Pine Tier Lagoon

As of October 7, 2026, Pine Tier Lagoon is filled to 28.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 2 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Pine Tier Lagoon — 1087 data points between October 9, 2023 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (March 3, 2025) to a high of 47.5% (September 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around March.

The dam at Pine Tier Lagoon was completed in 1953. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Nive River Basin basin at 42.085°S, 146.485°E.