Gold Coast bathhouses

Lan Bathhouse occupies level one of the Paradise Centre in Surfers Paradise, entered beside Priceline on Surfers Paradise Boulevard. The 18-plus bathhouse has six magnesium spas: four at 38 degrees, one at 24 degrees and a 12 degree cold plunge. Sessions run 90 minutes, with a cheaper 60-minute early bird slot, private baths for groups, head spa and massage services.

Billed as the Gold Coast's original bathhouse, Soak Mermaid Beach is an open-air venue near Pacific Fair and the G:link. Standard 90-minute sessions cover travertine magnesium mineral pools, 38 degree hot spas, a 12.5 degree cold plunge, a dry cedar sauna and an aromatic steam room. A 60-minute early session runs 6:30am to 9:30am, plus a private infrared sauna for two.

The Bathhouse at Ground Currumbin sits under a fig tree in front of a restored 100-year-old Queenslander in Currumbin Valley. One-hour sessions include mineral hydrotherapy spas and a cedar hot tub, two plunge pools (one around 10 degrees), a wood-fired hot stone sauna and an outdoor infrared sauna. Guests must be 18 or over, and reception is inside the Ground Grocer.

Hot and cold pools, steam and rock sauna. Casual bathhouse session: 60 minutes.

Native State runs a small European-style bathhouse inside the Kirra Surf complex on the Kirra beachfront. Sessions of 45 or 90 minutes flow between an infrared sauna, traditional cedar sauna, steam room, a 38 degree heated vitality pool, cold plunge pool and a meditation lounge. Groups are kept small, phones go in lockers, and there is a studio for classes on site.

Vikasati's Southport bathhouse is an outdoor, open-air circuit built for contrast sessions. Each 90-minute booking includes what it calls the Gold Coast's largest traditional Finnish rock sauna, 5 degree ice baths, a 14 degree cold magnesium pool and 37 degree hot magnesium pools, with towel and locker included. Swimwear is required, sessions are capped and the space is alcohol free.

Greenhouse pairs a thermal bathhouse with a plant-based canteen and bar in the Tallebudgera Valley. Self-paced 90-minute soaks move between warm magnesium pools, a mineral pool, cold plunge, steam room and traditional sauna, finishing on a garden terrace. Towel, herbal tea and filtered water are included. Packages add a magnesium body scrub, a drink, massage or a two-course lunch. Open Wednesday to Sunday.

SOL Elements sits at Tamborine Mountain Glades in the Gold Coast hinterland, opened in 2025 and set over Lotus Lake. The 90-minute communal bathhouse includes thermal mineral pools, cold plunges, a cedar stone sauna, botanical steam room, an Earth Lab for DIY scrubs, a Himalayan salt room and a fire pit sunk below the lake. Float caves and private suites are also offered.

A private day spa set in rainforest on Long Road, Tamborine Mountain, hired by the room rather than shared with strangers. Each booking includes a steam room, infrared sauna, mineral pool and waterfall shower, plus a fireside lounge and private garden. Daytime room hire runs 90 minutes to three hours between 9am and 5pm, with evening sessions and massage packages.

Contrast plunge pools, traditional sauna and infrared sauna. Casual sessions are priced separately by service.