How full is Baroon Pocket Dam?
The published level of Baroon Pocket Dam — Maleny's local reservoir and a main Sunshine Coast supply — with the date Seqwater read it, and where newer figures appear.
Baroon Pocket Dam, on Obi Obi Creek just below Maleny, is the reservoir the town watches fill and fall — and a main store feeding the Sunshine Coast through the Northern Pipeline. This page transcribes Seqwater's own published level with the date it was read; it is not a live gauge.
Newest figures from 15 July 2026 (today) — Seqwater dam levels
Baroon Pocket
100% full
as of 15 July 2026 · Feeds Maleny and the wider Sunshine Coast via the Baroon Pocket treatment plant and the Northern Pipeline Interconnector.
These are the published figures on their dates — transcribed, not live readings. Newer notices may exist.
The season behind the numbers
South-east Queensland's rain arrives mostly in the summer storm season, roughly November to March; the dam draws down through the drier, cooler months. A wet summer can refill Baroon Pocket quickly, and a spilling dam is reported at or just over 100%.