Dam · Eastern Cape · South Africa · DWS
Mabeleni Dam
100.0% full
Total capacity
2.1 hm³
River
Mhlahlane River
Basin
Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma
Primary use
water supply
Operator
DWS South Africa
Coordinates
31.447°S, 28.562°E
Last updated
2026-10-19
Current fill
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
0.0 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 Mabeleni 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 +2.04). 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 Mabeleni Dam
As of October 19, 2026, Mabeleni Dam is filled to 100.0% of its total capacity, holding 2.1 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2.1 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mabeleni Dam — 20 data points between October 19, 2025 and October 19, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 100.0% (October 19, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (October 19, 2025).
It is operated by DWS South Africa primarily for water supply. It lies within the Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma basin at 31.447°S, 28.562°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2.1 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2.1 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Mhlahlane River
- River basin
- Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma
- Operator
- DWS South Africa
- Coordinates
- 31.447°S, 28.562°E
- Last updated
- October 19, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 100.0% | 2.1 |
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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.