Float tanks in Melbourne

Tally Floatation Therapy in Yarraville has three private float suites with pods holding more than 500kg of Epsom salt, a shared infrared sauna for up to three guests, and compression boots in the relaxation lounge. Floats run 60 or 90 minutes and sauna 45 or 90 minutes, followed by herbal tea. Entry is via Hall Street.

Rest House Float Centre on South Road, Hampton East, offers float tanks for one or two hour sessions, a 45 minute infrared sauna that takes a friend, Normatec compression for legs, hips or arms, and massage. Package deals combine float, sauna and massage, and a low-cost shareable membership gives access to member rates. Closed Tuesdays.

Beyond Rest Hawthorn East offers private float pods, Sun Stream infrared sauna cabins and one private contrast room pairing sauna with an ice bath held at 8 to 12 degrees. There are Contour Light red light sessions, a Cocoon Wellness Pod with full-spectrum infrared, red light and a vibrating massage bed, and HOCATT transdermal ozone technology. Entry is from Roseberry Street, about 400 metres from Camberwell station, with two hour street parking. All sessions run daily.

Beyond Rest Moonee Ponds is a float centre with private float pods, private Sun Stream full spectrum infrared sauna cabins and Contour Light red light sessions. Floats run seven days, with the first at 9.30am and the last at 9.30pm. On-site parking is available, and guests are asked to arrive ten minutes before their booking.

Beyond Rest Prahran is a float centre near Chapel Street with private float pods, private Sun Stream infrared sauna cabins that seat up to three, Contour Light red light sessions and HOCATT. A second entrance is at 24 Bangs Street, with short-term bays on Regent and Bangs streets and a paid car park on King Street. Sauna sessions run 45 minutes.

City Cave Braybrook sits inside the Home and Co centre on Ballarat Road. It has three private float rooms, three infrared sauna cabins with an optional red light tower, compression boot rooms and massage. CaveContrast pairs a 45 minute sauna with a 5 degree ice shower. Tuesday off-peak pricing applies to floats and saunas. Open seven days.

City Cave Carnegie is a franchise wellness centre on the ground floor of 360 Neerim Road. It has private float rooms with Epsom salt water at skin temperature, private infrared sauna cabins with an optional red light add-on, and massage. Floats run 60 minutes and saunas 45 minutes, with couples options. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.

City Cave Clyde North is a franchise wellness centre on level one of Building C on Jura Way. It has private float rooms with Epsom salt water at skin temperature, private infrared sauna cabins with an optional red light add-on, and massage. Floats run 60 minutes and saunas 45 minutes, with couples options. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.

City Cave West Melbourne is a franchise wellness centre on Rosslyn Street near Queen Victoria Market and North Melbourne station. It has private float rooms with Epsom salt water at skin temperature, private infrared sauna cabins with an optional red light add-on, and massage. Floats run 60 minutes and saunas 45 minutes, with couples options. Open seven days, 9am to 9pm.

Small float centre on Bell Street with two Apollo float tanks, run alongside an on-site myotherapy clinic. Casual floats run 60 or 90 minutes, double floats are available per person, and longer four-hour float experiences can be booked. Frequent floater prepaid packs lower the per-session price. One practitioner manages bookings, so prepay online.

Gravity Wellness on High Street, Northcote, is a float centre that also runs infrared sauna, contrast sessions pairing ice bath and traditional sauna, compression, PEMF and massage. Floats run one hour and infrared sessions 45 minutes, and combination packs are booked on the same day. It is a short walk from Croxton station and tram 86.

The Orchard Prahran, open since 2014, sits upstairs on Commercial Road opposite Prahran Market. Private rooms offer float pods, Sunlighten dome and four person mPulse infrared saunas, ice baths, whole body red light, compression boots, molecular hydrogen and mild hyperbaric oxygen. Free one and two hour street parking is nearby. Appointments are recommended.

The Orchard Richmond is a purpose-built wellness space on Bridge Road, the second site of the Prahran original. It has float pods, solo and box infrared saunas, ice baths, whole body red light, compression boots, molecular hydrogen and mild hyperbaric oxygen, plus room hire upstairs. One hour free parking is out front. Appointments are recommended.