Ice baths in Gold Coast

P3 Recovery Ashmore is on Commercial Drive in Ashmore, one of several Gold Coast sites of the Burleigh-founded chain. Wet therapy sessions combine an ice bath with hot and cold magnesium contrast pools, alongside full spectrum infrared saunas, a compression lounge, hyperbaric chamber and red light. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14-day intro pass are sold.

P3 Recovery Labrador sits on Brisbane Road in Biggera Waters and opened in late 2025. Wet therapy sessions combine an ice bath with hot and cold magnesium contrast pools, alongside full spectrum infrared saunas, a traditional sauna, a compression lounge, hyperbaric chamber and red light. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14-day intro pass are sold.

P3 Recovery Pimpama is inside the Home Focus centre on Nexus Drive, serving the northern growth corridor. Wet therapy sessions combine an ice bath with hot and cold magnesium contrast pools, alongside full spectrum infrared saunas, a traditional sauna, a compression lounge, hyperbaric chamber and red light. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14-day intro pass are sold.

Private traditional sauna, then a cold plunge. 30 minutes, ideal before or after work.

FICE Recovery is an outdoor ice bath yard off a laneway on West Street, under five minutes' walk from Burleigh Beach. One-hour social sessions move between wood-burning barrel saunas and several ice baths held at different temperatures, from about 3 to 8 degrees. It was set up by a professional athlete, with cheaper Thursday sessions and occasional evening Sip and Sauna slots.

P3 Recovery Burleigh on Kortum Drive is the brand's first centre, minutes from the beach. Wet therapy sessions combine an ice bath with hot and cold magnesium contrast pools, alongside full spectrum infrared saunas, a traditional sauna, a compression lounge, hyperbaric chamber and red light. Casual sessions, weekly memberships and a 14-day intro pass are sold.

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.

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.

Move Headquarters is a training and pilates gym in Currumbin Waters that sells standalone recovery memberships to non-gym members. Its boutique recovery space has Odin ice baths, compression boots and private infrared sauna sessions. Recovery-only plans include unlimited ice baths and compression with a set number of weekly sauna sessions, and extra saunas are discounted for members.

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.

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

Revibe Wellness and Recovery on Varsity Parade offers magnesium float tanks, private infrared sauna rooms for one or two, an ice bath, compression boots and lymphatic roller massage, each with private rooms and showers. Floats run one or two hours and saunas 45 minutes. Weekly memberships start with one service and go up to unlimited access, plus float and sauna packs.

Rigs Recovery in Bundall is the original site of this local two-venue recovery brand. Guided 60-minute contrast sessions alternate a cold pool around 9 degrees with a hot pool around 39 degrees. Other services include Sunlighten infrared saunas, Normatec compression, hyperbaric oxygen, red light, and a three-minute full body cryo chamber at minus 87 degrees. Memberships cover both Gold Coast sites.

Rigs Recovery in Currumbin Waters is the newer site and adds remedial massage. Guided 60-minute contrast sessions alternate a cold pool around 9 degrees with a hot pool around 39 degrees. Other services include Sunlighten infrared saunas, Normatec compression, hyperbaric oxygen, red light, and a three-minute full body cryo chamber at minus 87 degrees. Memberships cover both Gold Coast sites.

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.

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.