Reservoir · Tasmania · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Pine Tier Lagoon
27.9% full
Capacity
7.4 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
River
Nive River
Year completed
1953
Coordinates
42.085°S, 146.485°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
27.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+1.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
133%of normal
27.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 21.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+6.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Pine Tier Lagoon had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.65). 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. 42.085°S, 146.485°E · Open in Google Maps
About Pine Tier Lagoon
As of October 26, 2026, Pine Tier Lagoon is filled to 27.9% of its total capacity, holding 2.07 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7.4 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 1.9 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pp), and it is 1.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pine Tier Lagoon — 1087 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 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.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.07 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7.4 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Nive River
- River basin
- Nive River Basin
- Year completed
- 1953
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 42.085°S, 146.485°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 27.9% | 2.07 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 27.8% | 2.06 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 27.6% | 2.05 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 27.8% | 2.06 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 28.0% | 2.08 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 28.2% | 2.1 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 28.5% | 2.11 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 28.7% | 2.13 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 29.0% | 2.15 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 2.17 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 2.19 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 29.7% | 2.2 |