Reservoir · Victoria · Australia · Melbourne Water
Sugarloaf
87.6% full
Capacity
96.253 hm³
Volume stored
84 hm³
River
Off-stream
Year completed
1981
Coordinates
37.672°S, 145.305°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
87.6%vs 7 days ago
+1.0 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+19.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
105%of normal
87.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 83.6% for October across 4 years of readings (+4.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sugarloaf 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 −0.29). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Melbourne Water daily storage — reference capacity and stored volume. Earlier daily volumes in the chart are Bureau of Meteorology readings, recomputed against that capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.672°S, 145.305°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sugarloaf
As of October 28, 2026, Sugarloaf is filled to 87.6% of its total capacity, holding 84.31 hm³ of water out of a maximum 96.253 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.0 percentage points, and it is 19.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sugarloaf — 1065 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 43.4% (June 5, 2025) to a high of 99.4% (December 26, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around January and at its lowest around June.
The dam at Sugarloaf was completed in 1981. It is operated by Melbourne Water primarily for water supply. It lies within the Off-stream Basin basin at 37.672°S, 145.305°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 84.31 hm³
- Total capacity
- 96.253 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 19.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Off-stream
- River basin
- Off-stream Basin
- Year completed
- 1981
- Operator
- Melbourne Water
- Coordinates
- 37.672°S, 145.305°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 84.31 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 87.0% | 83.776 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 83.293 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 86.0% | 82.815 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 86.1% | 82.855 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 86.2% | 83.014 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 83.253 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 86.6% | 83.32 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 83.43 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 83.48 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 83.46 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 83.42 |