Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Wivenhoe
83.2% full
Capacity
1,165.24 hm³
Volume stored
969 hm³
River
Brisbane River
Year completed
1984
Coordinates
27.288°S, 152.550°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
83.2%vs 7 days ago
+3.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
83.2% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 79.9% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Wivenhoe 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 −0.38). 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 27.288°S, 152.550°E · Open in Google Maps
About Wivenhoe
As of October 28, 2026, Wivenhoe is filled to 83.2% of its total capacity, holding 969.447 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,165 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.3 percentage points, and it is 1.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Wivenhoe — 1050 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 62.0% (December 18, 2023) to a high of 93.4% (March 12, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Wivenhoe was completed in 1984. It is operated by Seqwater primarily for water supply. It lies within the Brisbane River Basin basin at 27.288°S, 152.550°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 969.447 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,165 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.1 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Brisbane River
- River basin
- Brisbane River Basin
- Year completed
- 1984
- Operator
- Seqwater
- Coordinates
- 27.288°S, 152.550°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 83.2% | 969.447 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 81.7% | 951.81 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 81.3% | 947.57 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 80.9% | 943 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 80.5% | 937.83 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 932.21 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 79.9% | 931.08 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 79.5% | 926.52 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 79.3% | 924.55 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 79.7% | 928.88 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 934.7 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 934.69 |