List of Western Cape Dams

This is a list of dams in the Western Cape, including location, capacity, wall height and coordinates. For an overview of how the system works, see our Western Cape Dams guide Western Cape Dams guide.

Below is a list of the main Western Cape Dams. The towns, some of the dams and rivers are linked to more information. Hover over the name and click the hand.

The name of the dam is  followed by the town it feeds,  then the river it impounds, the volume, the surface area, followed by the wall height and the linked coordinates ( from Wikipedia)    

Alexandra Dam –	……………………………..       Cape Town .…………………	vvvvv1	Disa River	comp1903.. .     1903 oo,,,,,ooooooo003m	126 mega litres	0.0mmm     .………….0.03km²	……….. ………………. 12.1m	33°59′17″S 18°24′42″E
Alphen Dam –	Stellenbosch		Bonte River	1990	70 mega litres	0.8 km²	18.3 m	34°00′42″S 18°52′25″E
Arieskraal Dam	Grabouw		Palmiet River	1987	17,330mega litres	1.42 km²		34°14′40″S 18°59′03″E
Berg River Dam	Franschhoek		Berg River	2007	130,010mega litres	5.260 km²	68m	33°54′34″S 19°03′21″E
Brandvlei Dam	Rawsonville		Lower Brandvlei River	1983	303.800.mega litres	24.49 km²	14m	33°41′20″S 19°22′40″E
Buffeljags Dam	Swellendam		Buffeljags River	1967	4,540 mega litres	1.269 km²	24m	34°01′07″S 20°31′58″E
Clanwilliam Dam	Clanwilliam		Olifants River	1935	121,800 mega litres	11.236km²	43m	32°11′5″S 18°52′29″E
De Bos Dam	Hemel En Aarde		Onus River	1994	5,740mega litres	0.43km²	24m	34°22′05″S 19°14′01″E
Driekloof Dam	Hermanus		Klip River	1989	263mega litres	0.56 km²	15m	28°31′58.5″S 29°4′05.9″E
Eikenhof Dam-	Grabouw		Palmiet River	1977	28,900mega litres	2.40 km²	46m	34°7′46″S 19°2′5″E
Elandskloof Dam-	Villiersdorp		Elands River	1976	11,017mega litres	0.700 km²	69m	33°57′1″S 19°17′1″E
Floriskraal Dam-	Laingsburg		Buffels River	1957	50,334million litres	7.592km²	33m	33°17′30″S 20°59′26″E
Gamkapoort Dam	Prince Albert		Gamka River	1969	37,213mega litres	6.015 km²	42m	33°18′33″S 21°38′1″E
Garden Route Dam –	George		Swart River	1984	9,980mega litres	0.871 km²		33°57′51″S 22°30′51″E
Hely-Hutchinson Dam	Cape Town		Disa River	1904	925mega litres	0.16 km²		33°58′38″S 18°24′28″E
Kammanassie Dam	De Rust		Kammanassie River	1923	35,870 mega litres	3.516 km²	35m	33°38′39″S 22°24′31″E
Keerom Dam	Worcester		Nuy River	1954	10,400 mega litres	1.17 km²	40m	33°35′10″S 19°42′27″E
Klipberg Dam	McGregor		Konings River	1964	1,980 mega litres	0.26 km²	29m	33°56′29″S 19°47′36″E
Kogelberg Dam	Grabouw		Palmiet River	1986	17,330 mega litres	1.428 km²	54m	34°12′57″S 18°58′31″E
Korintepoort Dam	Krantz Kloof		Korinte River	1966	8,090 mega litres	1.029 km²	16m	34°00′17″S 21°09′56″E
Kruismansrivier Dam			Kruismans River	1997	1,500 mega litress	0.18 km²	18m	32°44′35″S 18°50′10″E
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Worcester		Wabooms River	1975	169,410 mega litres	16.12 km²	18m	33°45′46″S 19°28′18″E
Lakenvallei Dam	Ceres		Sanddrifskloof River	1974	10,300 mega litres	0.825 km²	56m	33°22′0″S 19°34′52″E
Land-en-Zeezicht Dam	Helderberg			1949	451mega litres
Leeu-Gamka Dam	Beaufort West		Leeuw River	1958	13,600 mega litres	4.258 km²	15m	32°37′23″S 22°00′13″E
Misverstand Dam	Porterville		Berg River	1977	6,400 mega litres	2.552 km²	26m	33°01′32″S 18°47′20″E
Molteno Dam	Cape Town		Table Mountain rivers	1881	3,000 mega litres	0.36 km²	15m	33°56′18″S 18°24′43″E
Osplaas Dam	De Doorns		Hex River	2007	2,700 mega litres	–	34m	33°27′4.77″S 19°43′54.86″E
Oudebaaskraal Dam	Ceres		Tankwa River	1969	34,000 mega litres	8.000 km²	21m	32°23′26″S 19°53′35″E
Pietersfontein Dam	Montagu		Pietersfontein River	1968	1,984 mega litres	0.033 km²	18m	33°40′12″S 20°00′59″E
Poortjieskloof Dam	Montagu		Groot River	1955	9,700 mega litres	1.029 km²	38m	33°51′30″S 20°22′16″E
Rockview Dam	Grabouw		Palmiet River	1986	16,630 mega litres	0.775 km²	48m	34°11′30″S 18°57′17″E
Roode Els Berg Dam	De Doorns		Sanddrifskloof River	1969	8210 mega litres	0.36 km²	72m	33°26′10″S 19°34′05″E
Silvermine Dam	Cape Town			1898	82 mega litres	0.04 km²	9m	34°4′31″S 18°23′56″E
Steenbras Dam (lower)	Gordons Bay		Steenbras River	1921	33517 mega litres	3.642 km²	37m	34°11′15″S 18°51′4″E
Steenbras Upper Dam	Gordons Bay		Steenbras River	1977	31767 mega litres	2.750 km²	37m	34°10′5″S 18°54′5″E
Steenbras Hydro-Electric Lower Dam	Gordons Bay		Sir Lowry’s Pass River	1977	3,560 mega litres	0.35 km²	31m	34°8′50″S 18°54′0″E
Stettynskloof Dam	Worcester		Holsloot River	1955	14,700 mega litres	1.004 km²	48m	33°50′14″S 19°15′8″E
Stompdrift Dam	De Rust		Olifants River	1965	46,270 mega litres	6.203 km²	49m	33°30′45″S 22°35′8″E
Theewaterskloof Dam	Villiersdorp		Sonderend River	1978	480,188  mega litres	51.204 km²	38m	34°4′45″S 19°17′1″E
Victoria Dam	Cape Town		Disa River	1895	127.3 mega litres	0.05 km²	6m	33°59′11″S 18°24′29″E
Voëlvlei Dam,	Gouda		Voëlvlei Lake	1971	164,095 mega litres	15.730 km²	10m	33°20′15″S 19°2′1″E
Wemmershoek Dam	Franschhoek		Wemmers River	1957	58,644 mega litres	2.960 km²	53m	33°50′1″S 19°5′20″E
Wolwedans Dam	Mossel Bay		Great Brak River.	1990	25,530 mega litres	1.100 km²	70m	34°0′51″S 22°13′44″E
Woodhead Dam	Cape Town		Disa River	1897	954 mega litres	0.16 km²	38m	33°58′38″S 18°24′8″E

 

These dams form part of the Western Cape water system, supplying towns, agriculture and industry across the province.