Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Wingecarribee
95.9% full
Capacity
25.9 hm³
Volume stored
25 hm³
River
Wingecarribee River
Year completed
1974
Coordinates
34.556°S, 150.496°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
95.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-4.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
95.9% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 96.6% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Wingecarribee 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 −0.34). 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. 34.556°S, 150.496°E · Open in Google Maps
About Wingecarribee
As of October 26, 2026, Wingecarribee is filled to 95.9% of its total capacity, holding 24.86 hm³ of water out of a maximum 25.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 24.1 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp), and it is 4.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Wingecarribee — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 74.3% (November 22, 2023) to a high of 122.0% (August 4, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around January.
The dam at Wingecarribee was completed in 1974. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Wingecarribee River Basin basin at 34.556°S, 150.496°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.86 hm³
- Total capacity
- 25.9 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 24.1 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Wingecarribee River
- River basin
- Wingecarribee River Basin
- Year completed
- 1974
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 34.556°S, 150.496°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 24.86 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 24.86 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 24.86 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 24.86 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 24.85 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 24.86 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.1% | 24.9 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 24.94 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 24.94 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 24.94 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 24.94 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 24.94 |