Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Sandhurst
88.0% full
Capacity
2.6 hm³
Volume stored
2 hm³
River
Off-stream
Year completed
1984
Coordinates
36.846°S, 144.244°E
Last updated
2026-10-25
Current fill
88.0%vs 7 days ago
+8.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-2.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
118%of normal
88.0% full on 2026-10-25, against an average of 74.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+13.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sandhurst 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 +0.54). 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: 2026-10-25.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.846°S, 144.244°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sandhurst
As of October 25, 2026, Sandhurst is filled to 88.0% of its total capacity, holding 2.28 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 8.5 percentage points, and it is 2.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sandhurst — 1065 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.0% (May 10, 2025) to a high of 102.2% (July 7, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around October.
The dam at Sandhurst was completed in 1984. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Off-stream Basin basin at 36.846°S, 144.244°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.28 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 8.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Off-stream
- River basin
- Off-stream Basin
- Year completed
- 1984
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 36.846°S, 144.244°E
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 2.28 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 2.24 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 85.3% | 2.21 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 84.2% | 2.18 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 82.9% | 2.15 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 81.7% | 2.12 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 80.7% | 2.09 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 79.5% | 2.06 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 78.2% | 2.03 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 76.9% | 2 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 75.8% | 1.97 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 74.7% | 1.94 |