Ice baths in Melbourne

Recovery Lab Maribyrnong is an independently run studio in the Recovery Lab network. Facilities include private infrared sauna suites, cold plunge, hot water plunge, Normatec compression, Compex muscle stimulation, NuCalm and hydrogen inhalation. A private contrast suite with sauna, plunge at 8 to 12 degrees and shower takes up to four people for 60 minutes. Bookings are made in advance.

Longevity studio on High Street with dry and wet zones. The contrast session pairs a hot sauna with a controlled cold plunge offering four plunge temperatures. Other bookable services include a cryotherapy chamber, red light bed, hyperbaric chamber, compression lymphatic sessions and PEMF, plus nurse-led consults. Open seven days, with early Thursday starts from 6:30am.

Nimbus Co Fitzroy North is a private sauna studio with full spectrum infrared rooms at 45 to 68 degrees, a two person traditional sauna at 75 to 90 degrees, and a private contrast suite with infrared sauna, ice bath and shower ranging from 4 to 58 degrees. Sauna sessions run 45 minutes and contrast 60 minutes. Towels and filtered water are included.

My Recovery Lounge on Bay Street rents private spaces. The Serenity Suite has a large traditional sauna for up to ten, an Odin ice bath and a bamboo-screened outdoor shower. The Peaceful Corner pairs a smaller sauna with ice baths, and a two person infrared room has its own shower. A compression lounge, myotherapy and remedial massage complete it.

P3 Recovery Bayside in Mentone has ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute wet sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a traditional dry sauna, a compression lounge and a hyperbaric chamber, with a red light bed listed as coming soon. Group Fire and Ice sessions are run here. Weekly memberships have no lock-in. Opens 6am weekdays.

P3 Recovery Port Melbourne was the chain's first Victorian centre. It has a communal wet zone with ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a compression lounge with Normatec and Hyperice tools, and a hyperbaric chamber. Weekly memberships have no lock-in contract. Opens 6am on weekdays.

P3 Recovery Richmond is a community recovery centre with ice bath and contrast pools in 60 minute wet sessions, full spectrum infrared sauna rooms, a traditional dry sauna, a compression lounge, a hyperbaric chamber and a red light bed. Sauna sessions run 30 minutes. Weekly memberships have no lock-in. Opens 6am on weekdays.

Primal Recovery Centre is a sports recovery floor in a Moorabbin factory unit. One entry covers ice baths held at 6 degrees, infrared and steam saunas, a heated magnesium spa, red light, compression boots, a vibration platform and a massage recliner, with a cryotherapy pod and inversion table listed. Plan one to two hours, there is no session timer.

Rare Breed is a boxing, strength and recovery gym in Mordialloc that sells recovery access to non-members. The recovery area has a hot stone sauna reaching 110 degrees, twin magnesium spas set at 38 degrees and 9 degrees, Normatec compression and a lounge with screens. A recovery-only weekly membership and single passes are available, with no lock-in.

Recovery Lab Pascoe Vale combines private infrared saunas, a cold plunge, a compression lounge, Compex muscle stimulation, NuCalm, molecular hydrogen inhalation and private contrast rooms with reformer pilates. Bring swimwear and a towel for sauna and plunge sessions, a rinse station and towel hire are available. Plans are month to month with no lock-in, and street parking is on O'Hea Street.

Resilient Recovery Eltham is a recovery studio upstairs inside Revive PT on Peel Street. It offers private infrared sauna cabins for 40 minute sessions, 40 minute contrast sessions moving between infrared sauna and ice baths, and 30 minute Normatec compression for legs, hips or arms in a recovery lounge. Showers are available. All services require online bookings, with a 10 day trial pass.

Resilient Recovery South Morang is a recovery studio inside a gym on Danaher Drive. It offers private infrared sauna cabins for 40 minute sessions, 40 minute contrast sessions moving between infrared sauna and ice baths, and 30 minute Normatec compression for legs, hips or arms in a recovery lounge. Showers are available. All services require online bookings, with a 10 day trial pass.

Floating timber-lined sauna moored at Melbourne City Marina in Victoria Harbour, opened in 2025. The electric sauna holds around 80°C, with two onboard plunge tubs at 10°C and 14°C, a cold freshwater shower and harbour views. Sessions last 60 minutes, shared bookings take up to four guests and private hire up to five. Swimwear required, no swimming off the boat.

Mineral pools, hot spas, cold plunge pools, cedar sauna and steam room at 186 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne.

Social sauna and cold plunge club just off Chapel Street in Prahran. Two traditional saunas are kept between 75°C and 85°C, alongside five individual stainless steel cold plunge tubs at 7 to 10°C, a rest area and five private change rooms. Sessions run 60 minutes, guests must be 18 or over, and you bring your own towel, bathers and water bottle.

Members club near Swan Street and Richmond Station with a bathhouse of 39°C magnesium pools, cold plunge pools at 5 to 8°C, an 80°C traditional sauna, a 46°C steam room and heated stone benches. Guided sauna and ice bath sessions pair a 20 minute sauna with a group plunge. Bathhouse entry comes with the Fitness plus Bathhouse membership. Members 18+.

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.