Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Tinaroo Falls
87.5% full
Capacity
438.9 hm³
Volume stored
384 hm³
Year completed
1958
Coordinates
17.208°S, 145.613°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
87.5%vs 7 days ago
-1.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+7.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
87.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 89.1% for October across 4 years of readings (-1.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tinaroo Falls 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 +0.56). 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. 17.208°S, 145.613°E · Open in Google Maps
About Tinaroo Falls
As of October 26, 2026, Tinaroo Falls is filled to 87.5% of its total capacity, holding 383.86 hm³ of water out of a maximum 438.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 437.6 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 7.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Tinaroo Falls — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 69.7% (December 11, 2023) to a high of 108.3% (March 30, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Tinaroo Falls was completed in 1958. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It is at 17.208°S, 145.613°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 383.86 hm³
- Total capacity
- 438.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 437.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 7.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- Year completed
- 1958
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 17.208°S, 145.613°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 383.86 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 385.06 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 386.21 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 88.2% | 387.33 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 388.51 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 389.6 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 390.67 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 391.65 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 89.5% | 392.65 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 89.7% | 393.59 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 89.9% | 394.64 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 90.1% | 395.64 |