Dam · Eastern Cape · South Africa · DWS
Elandsdrift Dam
54.9% full
Total capacity
3.6 hm³
River
Great Fish River
Basin
Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma
Primary use
water supply
Operator
DWS South Africa
Coordinates
32.530°S, 25.756°E
Last updated
2026-10-19
Current fill
54.9%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-11.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Elandsdrift Dam had exceptionally wet conditions, a surplus seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +2.18). Rain, not storage. South Africa drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this dam
Data source
official
Storage data: Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Weekly State of Dams report, South Africa.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Elandsdrift Dam
As of October 19, 2026, Elandsdrift Dam is filled to 54.9% of its total capacity, holding 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 11.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Elandsdrift Dam — 12 data points between October 19, 2025 and October 19, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 54.9% (May 31, 2026) to a high of 95.5% (September 21, 2026).
It is operated by DWS South Africa primarily for water supply. It lies within the Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma basin at 32.530°S, 25.756°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.2 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Great Fish River
- River basin
- Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma
- Operator
- DWS South Africa
- Coordinates
- 32.530°S, 25.756°E
- Last updated
- October 19, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 95.5% | 3.4 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 9 Jun 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 7 Jun 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 31 May 2026 | 54.9% | 2 |
| 19 Oct 2025 | 66.1% | 2.4 |
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See also: South Africa dam levels, explained — how the DWS Weekly State of Dams report becomes the national and provincial figures.