Infrared saunas in Melbourne

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 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.

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.

First-floor wellness studio on Sydney Road with a private infrared sauna room that also includes red light. Sessions run 45 minutes and the room has its own shower, with towels and water provided. Book solo or share the room with one or two friends to split the cost. The studio also offers cryotherapy, Normatec compression and IV drips. Access is by stairs.

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.

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.

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.

Cryo Stay Young Eastland is a recovery studio on level one of Eastland Shopping Centre in Ringwood, near Coles. The venue offers infrared sauna, whole-body cryotherapy, red light sessions and hyperbaric oxygen. A single infrared sauna booking runs 45 minutes. Individual sessions and multi-session sauna packs are available through the venue's online Square booking menu.

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.

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.

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.

Cryo SubZero is a first floor recovery studio on Bay Road, Cheltenham, built around a whole body cryotherapy chamber. It also offers infrared sauna, red light, salt therapy, lymphatic compression, local cryotherapy, a hyperbaric chamber, IV infusions and a 3D body scan. Bundles pair cryotherapy with sauna or red light in 35 to 80 minute visits.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boutique bathhouse opposite Essendon train station built around a sauna, plunge and soak circuit. The communal area has a four-person infrared sauna at about 60°C, two cold plunges and a magnesium hot spa, capped at eight people. Two private rooms each add a two-person infrared sauna, cold plunge and shower. Zen Zone quiet sessions run on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Wellness Social Club in Preston pairs a 90°C Finnish sauna with magnesium contrast pools, a 39°C hot pool and a 9°C cold plunge, sold as 60 minute wet recovery sessions.