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South Africa dam levels

How full the dams are this week (9 November 2026), for the big water supply systems and all 226 dams the Department of Water and Sanitation reports on, with the change since last week and the level a year ago.

Water supply systems

Integrated Vaal River System

Supplies Gauteng, Sasol and Eskom, the Free State goldfields
97% full
Last week ▼ 0.4A year ago 98%
Sterkfontein Dam 99% · Vaal Dam 104% · Katse Dam 85% · Bloemhof Dam 92% · +10 more

Cape Town

Supplies Cape Town and the surrounding towns
72% full
Last week ▼ 1.2A year ago 86%
Theewaterskloof Dam 71% · Voelvlei Dam 53% · Berg River Dam 94% · Wemmershoek Dam 77% · +2 more

Umgeni

Supplies Durban and Pietermaritzburg
89% full
Last week ▼ 0.2A year ago 92%
Albert Falls Dam 85% · Inanda Dam 101% · Midmar Dam 89% · Spring Grove Dam 76% · +1 more

Crocodile West

Supplies western Pretoria, Rustenburg and Brits
99% full
Last week ▲ 0.9A year ago 85%
Hartbeespoort Dam 100% · Roodekopjes Dam 100% · Vaalkop Dam 91% · Roodeplaat Dam 98% · +3 more

Algoa

Supplies Gqeberha (Nelson Mandela Bay)
100% full
Last week ▼ 0.1A year ago 58%
Kouga Dam 100% · Impofu Dam 100% · Kromrivier Dam 100% · Groendal Dam 100% · +1 more

Bloemfontein

Supplies Bloemfontein (Mangaung)
98% full
Last week ▼ 0.6A year ago 79%
Knellpoort Dam 100% · Rustfontein Dam 94% · Groothoek Dam 93% · Welbedacht Dam 97%

Amathole

Supplies East London (Buffalo City)
101% full
Last week ▼ 0.5A year ago 94%
Bridle Drift Dam 101% · Wriggleswade Dam 100% · Nahoon Dam 99% · Laing Dam 101% · +2 more

Crocodile East

Supplies Mbombela and the Lowveld
96% full
Last week ▼ 0.8A year ago 77%
Kwena Dam 96%

Polokwane

Supplies Polokwane
96% full
Last week ▼ 0.8A year ago 93%
Flag Boshielo Dam 95% · Ebenezer Dam 100%

uMlathuze

Supplies Richards Bay and Empangeni
89% full
Last week ▲ 0.1A year ago 94%
Goedertrouw Dam 89%

Luvuvhu

Supplies Thohoyandou and Vhembe
100% full
Last week ▼ 0.3A year ago 88%
Nandoni Dam 100% · Vondo Dam 99% · Albasini Dam 97%

Klipplaat

Supplies Komani (Queenstown)
98% full
Last week ▼ 0.3A year ago 95%
Waterdown Dam 100% · Oxkraal Dam 99% · Boesmanskrantz Dam 69% · Boesmanskrantz Dam 99%

Orange

Supplies the Orange River towns and farms
98% full
Last week ▼ 1.4A year ago 94%
Gariep Dam 98% · Vanderkloof Dam 99%

Every dam by province

Gauteng98%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Bon Accord DamApies River
103%* 0 107%
Bronkhorstspruit DamBronkhorstspruit River
98% ▼ 0.3 100%
Klipdrift DamLoopspruit River
100%* 0 98%
Rietvlei DamHennops River
98% ▼ 1.2 100%
Roodeplaat DamPienaars River
98% ▼ 0.3 101%
Western Cape78%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Bellair DamBrak River
96%* 0 76%
Berg River DamBerg River
94% ▼ 0.2 95%
Brandvlei DamLower Brandvlei River
68% ▼ 1.4 74%
Buffeljags DamBuffeljags River
100% ▼ 1.4 76%
Bulshoek DamOlifants River
78% ▲ 2.6 73%
Calitzdorp DamNels River
100% ▼ 0.2 46%
Ceres DamKoekedou River
106% ▲ 0.6 64%
Ceres DamKoekedou River
100% 0 97%
Ceres DamKoekedou River
90% ▼ 0.4 88%
Ceres DamKoekedou River
87% ▼ 1.5 98%
Clanwilliam DamOlifants River
88% ▼ 2.3 90%
De Bos DamOnrus River
96% ▼ 1.2 95%
Duiwenhoks DamDuiwenhoks River
100% ▼ 0.5 71%
Eikenhof DamPalmiet River
96% ▼ 2.2 93%
Elandskloof DamElands River
96% ▼ 2.3 93%
Ernest Robertson DamGroot Brak River
101%* 0 36%
Floriskraal DamBuffels River
98% ▼ 0.9 38%
Gamka DamGamka River
99% ▼ 0.5 28%
Gamkapoort DamGamka River
100% ▼ 0.3 20%
Garden Route DamSwart River
100% 0 56%
Haarlem DamGroot River
101% 0 55%
Hartebeestkuil DamHartenbos River
100%* 0 57%
Kammanassie DamKammanassie River
98% ▼ 0.8 59%
Keerom DamNuy River
88%* 0 92%
Klipberg DamKonings River
98%* 0 58%
Klipheuwel DamTributary of Hartenbos River
8% ▲ 0.2 12%
Korentepoort DamKorinte River
100% ▼ 0.7 68%
Kwaggaskloof DamDoorn River
67% ▼ 1.3 72%
Lakenvallei DamSanddrifskloof River
100% ▼ 0.2 100%
Leeugamka DamLeeu River
97% ▼ 1.6 24%
Miertjieskraal DamBrand River
90% ▼ 8.6 53%
Misverstand DamBerg River
103% ▲ 0.8 100%
Oukloof DamCordiers River
100% 0 90%
Pietersfontein DamPietersfontein River
99% ▼ 0.7 76%
Poortjieskloof DamGroot River
97% ▼ 1.0 84%
Prinsrivier DamPrins River
100%* 0 18%
Roode Els Berg DamSanddrifskloof River
98% ▼ 0.6 96%
Roodefontein DamPiesang River
98% ▼ 0.8 46%
Steenbras-Lower DamSteenbras River
45% ▼ 0.6 94%
Steenbras-Upper DamSteenbras River
101% ▼ 0.4 100%
Stettynskloof DamHolsloot River
99% ▼ 0.6 97%
Stompdrift DamOlifants River
99% ▼ 0.8 50%
Theewaterskloof DamRiviersonderend River
71% ▼ 1.4 79%
Tierkloof DamTributary of Seweweekspoort River
100%* 0 48%
Voelvlei DamVoelvlei River
53% ▼ 1.3 95%
Wemmershoek DamWemmers River
77% ▼ 2.5 82%
Wolwedans DamGroot Brak River
100% ▲ 0.1 73%
KwaZulu-Natal84%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Albert Falls DamMgeni River
85% 0 93%
Bivane DamBivane River
101%* 0 99%
Craigie Burn DamMnyamvubu River
100% 0 100%
Driel Barrage DamTugela River
90% ▼ 8.0 92%
Goedertrouw DamMhlatuze River
89% ▲ 0.1 94%
Hazelmere DamMdloti River
89% ▲ 1.4 102%
Hluhluwe DamHluhluwe River
78% ▼ 0.5 97%
Inanda DamMgeni River
101% ▲ 0.3 101%
Klipfontein DamWit Mfolozi River
103% ▲ 4.6 100%
Mearns DamMooi River
49% ▲ 0.6 89%
Midmar DamMgeni River
89% ▲ 0.1 94%
Nagle DamMgeni River
84% ▼ 1.9 100%
Ntshingwayo DamNgagane River
70% ▲ 0.8 80%
Pongolapoort DamPhongolo River
77% ▼ 6.2 82%
Spioenkop DamTugela River
100% ▲ 0.2 100%
Spring Grove DamMooi River
76% ▼ 1.7 70%
Wagendrift DamBoesmans River
100% ▲ 0.3 101%
Woodstock DamTugela River
97% ▼ 3.0 90%
Zaaihoek DamSlang River
99%* 0 100%
Eastern Cape94%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Belfort DamMafube River
86% 0 100%
Binfield DamTyume River
100% 0 94%
Boesmanskrantz DamOxkraal River
69% ▼ 0.4 100%
Boesmanskrantz DamOxkraal River
99% ▼ 0.4 93%
Bridle Drift DamBuffalo River
101% ▼ 1.0 90%
Cata DamCata River
97% 0 87%
Corana DamCorana River
99% ▼ 0.2 92%
Darlington DamSondags River
48% ▼ 1.2 36%
De Mistkraal DamLittle Fish River
88% ▲ 4.0 65%
Debe DamDebe River
91% ▼ 2.8 42%
Doornrivier DamDoorn River
100% ▼ 0.8 82%
Elands Drift DamGreat Fish River
55% ▼ 40.6 66%
Elandsdrift DamGreat Fish River
58% ▼ 31.7 46%
Glen Melville DamWater from Fish river via Ecca tunnel River
79% ▼ 7.4 62%
Glen Melville DamWater from Fish river via Ecca tunnel River
86% ▼ 4.9 91%
Grassridge DamGroot Brak River
70% ▼ 0.3 49%
Groendal DamSwartkops River
100% 0 88%
Gubu DamGubu River
100% ▲ 0.1 100%
Impofu DamKrom River
100% ▼ 0.2 46%
Jozanashoek DamSterkspruit River
100% ▼ 0.4 95%
Katrivier DamKat River
100% 0 99%
Kommandodrift DamTarka River
98% ▼ 1.3 76%
Kouga DamKouga River
100% 0 63%
Kromrivier DamKrom River
100% ▼ 0.3 64%
Laing DamBuffalo River
101% ▼ 0.5 100%
Lake Arthur DamTarka River
100%* 0 19%
Loerie DamLoeriespruit River
100% ▼ 0.2 78%
Lubisi DamIndwe River
101% ▼ 0.5 37%
Mabeleni DamMhlahlane River
100% 0 100%
Macubeni DamCacadu River
98% ▼ 1.7 99%
Macubeni DamCacadu River
99% ▼ 3.6 81%
Mlanga DamMlanga River
95% ▼ 0.5 82%
Mnyameni DamuMnyama River
100% 0 99%
Nahoon DamNahoon River
99% ▼ 0.5 81%
Ncora DamTsomo River
100% ▼ 0.2 92%
Nqadu DamNqadu River
64% ▼ 0.7 81%
Nqweba DamSondags River
100% 0 87%
Ntenetyana DamNtenetyana River
78% ▼ 0.4 83%
Nuwejaars DamNuwejaarspruit River
102% ▼ 0.1 55%
Oxkraal DamOskraal River
99% ▼ 0.5 85%
Rooikrans DamBuffalo River
100% ▲ 0.3 87%
Sandile DamKeiskamma River
101% ▲ 0.2 86%
Tsojana DamTsojana River
100% 0 100%
Umtata DamMtata River
101% ▼ 0.5 96%
Waterdown DamKlipplaat River
100% ▼ 0.1 98%
Wriggleswade DamKubisi River
100% 0 99%
Xonxa DamWhite Kei River
100% ▼ 0.4 96%
Free State99%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Allemanskraal DamSand River
94% ▼ 1.2 99%
Armenia DamLeeu River
97% ▼ 2.8 86%
Bloemhof DamVaal River
92% ▼ 0.9 96%
Egmont DamWitspruit River
96% ▼ 2.1 90%
Erfenis DamGroot-Vet River
93% ▼ 1.8 85%
Fika-Patso DamNamahadi River
78% ▼ 1.0 79%
Gariep DamOrange River
98% ▼ 1.8 94%
Groothoek DamKgabanyane River
93% ▼ 1.6 46%
Kalkfontein DamRiet River
98% ▼ 1.6 95%
Knellpoort DamRietspruit River
100% ▼ 0.1 99%
Koppies DamRenoster River
95% ▼ 1.2 97%
Krugersdrift DamModder River
99% ▼ 1.0 97%
Metsi-Matsho DamMetsi-Matsho River
94% ▲ 0.2 102%
Rustfontein DamModder River
94% ▼ 1.0 46%
Saulspoort DamLiebenbergsvlei River
99% ▼ 0.4 100%
Sterkfontein DamNuwejaarspruit River
99% 0 99%
Tierpoort DamTierpoort River
98% ▼ 4.1 90%
Vaal DamVaal River
104% ▼ 0.8 101%
Vaalrivier Barrage DamVaal River
98%* 0 94%
Vanderkloof DamOrange River
99% ▼ 0.8 93%
Welbedacht DamCaledon River
97% ▼ 3.3 114%
Mpumalanga97%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Blyderivierpoort DamBlyde River
100% 0 80%
Buffelskloof DamWaterval River
95% 0 90%
Da Gama DamWhite Waters River
98% ▲ 0.4 88%
Driekoppies DamLomati River
99% ▼ 0.4 84%
Grootdraai DamVaal River
99% ▼ 0.2 94%
Heyshope DamAssegaai River
101% ▲ 1.1 100%
Inyaka DamMarite River
99% ▼ 0.1 93%
Jericho DamMpama River
87% ▲ 1.7 90%
Klipkopjes DamWit River
100% ▲ 0.4 82%
Kwena DamKrokodil River
96% ▼ 0.8 77%
Longmere DamWit River
93% ▼ 1.5 80%
Loskop DamOlifants River
95% ▼ 1.4 100%
Middelburg DamLittle Olifants River
93% 0 87%
Morgenstond DamNgwempisi River
100% ▲ 1.8 100%
Nooitgedacht DamKomati River
97% ▲ 0.3 95%
Ohrigstad DamOhrigstad River
80% ▼ 1.8 44%
Primkop DamWit River
93% ▼ 3.3 96%
Rhenosterkop DamElands River
97% ▼ 0.5 98%
Vygeboom DamKomati River
101% ▲ 0.3 97%
Westoe DamUsutu River
54% ▲ 3.0 61%
Witbank DamOlifants River
96% ▼ 0.6 100%
Witklip DamSand River
98% ▲ 0.2 84%
Limpopo96%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Albasini DamLuvuvhu River
97% 0 96%
Dap Naude DamBroederstroom River
84% ▲ 0.4 86%
De Hoop DamSteelpoort River
99% ▼ 1.0 99%
Doorndraai DamSterk River
98% ▼ 0.4 100%
Ebenezer DamGroot-Letaba River
100% 0 96%
Flag Boshielo DamOlifants River
95% ▼ 1.2 92%
Glen Alpine DamMogalakwena River
95% ▼ 1.7 62%
Hans Merensky DamRamadiepa River
102% ▲ 0.7 102%
Houtrivier DamHout River
82% ▼ 0.5 80%
Klaserie DamKlaserie River
100% 0 84%
Luphephe DamLuphephe River
101% 0 27%
Magoebaskloof DamPolitsi River
100% ▲ 0.1 100%
Middel-Letaba DamMiddel-Letaba River
94% ▼ 0.6 5%
Modjadji DamMolototsi River
98% ▼ 1.1 24%
Mokolo DamMokolo River
102%* 0 102%
Mutshedzi DamMutshedzi River
106% ▲ 0.4 97%
Nandoni DamLevhuvhu River
100% ▼ 0.2 86%
Nsami DamNsama River
84% ▼ 1.0 62%
Nwanedzi DamNwanedzi River
100% 0 49%
Nzhelele DamNzhelele River
95% ▼ 2.0 77%
Rust De Winter DamElands River
99% 0 100%
Thabina DamThabina River
99% ▼ 0.5 88%
Tonteldoos DamTonteldoos River
100% 0 100%
Tours DamNgwabitsi River
99% ▼ 0.6 93%
Tzaneen DamGroot-Letaba River
71% ▼ 2.7 66%
Vergelegen DamTributary of Politsi River
100% ▼ 2.6 80%
Vlugkraal DamVlugkraal River
99% ▲ 0.2 99%
Vondo DamMutshindudi River
99% ▼ 0.5 92%
Warmbad DamBuffelspruit River
103%* 0 103%
North West100%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Boskop DamMooi River
102% ▲ 0.2 102%
Bospoort DamHex River
101% ▼ 0.3 100%
Buffelspoort DamSterkstroom River
99% 0 101%
Disaneng DamMolopo River
98% ▼ 1.5 95%
Elandskuil DamSwartleegte River
107%* 0 102%
Hartbeespoort DamKrokodil River
100% ▲ 2.9 95%
Johan Neser DamSkoonspruit River
102% 0 102%
Klein-Maricopoort DamKlein Marico River
102% 0 101%
Klerkskraal DamMooi River
109% ▲ 0.5 107%
Klipvoor DamPienaars River
99% ▲ 0.9 71%
Kosterrivier DamKoster River
100% 0 100%
Kromellenboog DamKlein Marico River
101% ▲ 1.4 61%
Lindleyspoort DamElands River
96% ▼ 1.5 91%
Madikwe DamTholwane River
96% ▼ 0.9 94%
Marico-Bosveld DamGroot-Marico River
98% ▼ 0.3 91%
Middelkraal DamMaretlwane River
95% ▼ 0.8 98%
Molatedi DamGroot-Marico River
103% ▼ 1.8 98%
Ngotwane DamNgotwane River
84% ▼ 0.5 73%
Olifantsnek DamHex River
97% ▼ 0.6 92%
Pella DamLethlakane River
62% ▼ 0.7 47%
Potchefstroom DamMooi River
102% 0 103%
Rietspruit DamRietspruit River
101%* 0 99%
Roodekopjes DamKrokodil River
100% ▲ 0.3 79%
Sehujwane DamSehujane River
84% ▼ 0.7 77%
Setumo DamMolopo River
99% 0 97%
Swartruggens DamElands River
101% 0 101%
Taung DamHarts River
101% ▼ 0.5 99%
Vaalkop DamElands River
91% ▼ 2.9 52%
Northern Cape92%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Boegoeberg DamOrange River
106% ▼ 2.6 99%
Douglas Weir DamVaal River
106% ▼ 3.4 109%
Karee DamKaree River
96% ▼ 1.0 84%
Leeubos DamSwartbas River
0%* 0 0%
Spitskop DamHarts River
102% 0 85%
Vaalharts Weir DamVaal River
71% ▼ 4.6 78%
Lesotho91%
DamNowWeekYear ago
Katse DamMalibamatso River
85% ▼ 0.6 98%
Mohale DamSenqunyane River
102% ▲ 0.1 93%

Levels are % of full supply capacity, so a dam that's spilling shows more than 100%. * No new reading this week; DWS repeats the latest one. Source: Department of Water and Sanitation, weekly State of Dams report.

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