Magnesium pools in Melbourne

Bathhouse in a historic building in central Mornington, opened in 2025. Two-hour sessions cover magnesium plunge pools at 38°C and 40°C, an ice bath, dry sauna, infrared sauna and steam room, plus a salt scrub shower, lounge and a sound room with headphones. Capacity is limited to small groups, and 60-minute early morning sessions are also offered.

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

A 700-square-metre indoor bathhouse near Chapel Street and South Yarra Station, opened in 2025. Two travertine mineral pools sit at 34°C and 38°C, alongside magnesium hot spas, 12.5°C cold plunges and drench buckets, a dry cedar sauna and steam room. Standard sessions are 90 minutes, with 60-minute morning sessions from 6:30am and a private infrared sauna for two.

Social bathhouse in Kings Business Park, Southbank, designed for socialising rather than silence. The bathhouse has a 25-person dry sauna, steam room, cold plunge pool and 38°C magnesium pool, with relaxation spaces and Normatec boots. Visits have no minimum time and a 90-minute maximum, bathers are required, and sauna towels are complimentary. Reformer Pilates and strength classes run on site.

Navia's Melbourne bathhouse on Chapel Street runs a Nordic circuit of five heats and three colds: a teepee sauna at 90 to 100°C, a silent sauna at 80°C, a 52°C steam room, a magnesium pool at 35 to 38°C and plunges from 10°C down to 0°C. Sessions run one or two hours, with a cafe, red-light and private infrared rooms.

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.

Phone-free bathhouse on Lygon Street in East Brunswick, opened in 2026. Two-hour sessions move between a magnesium mineral hot pool, traditional sauna and cold plunge, finishing in a lounge with herbal teas and snacks. Early bird sessions run 6am to 10am, and yoga, meditation and sound sessions pair with bathing. Mainly an 18+ space; bring your own towel and slippers.

Boutique communal bath house in Cremorne, opened in December 2020, taking up to five guests per 75-minute session. Facilities include a heated stone hammam at 65°C, a 90°C hot rock Finnish sauna, 40°C magnesium hot tub, 8°C cold plunge and pail shower, plus a private infrared sauna option. Unisex with swimwear, and robe, slides, scrub and towels are provided.

Communal bathhouse in a converted double-storey brick warehouse on Easey Street. Sessions run two hours and include a 38 to 40°C magnesium mineral pool, Finnish sauna, cold plunge and a steamy hammam with an optional self-led scrub station. All genders welcome with bathers on, the space is phone-free, and mornings from 6:30am to midday are no-talking times.

Japanese-inspired bathhouse in a CBD laneway off Little Bourke Street. Each 90-minute session covers a 38 to 40°C magnesium communal bath, 34 to 36°C individual soaking baths, a 10°C cold plunge, steam room, dry sauna, a 35 to 40°C Himalayan salt room, tatami area and lounge. Bathwear, towel, slippers, fruit, a snack and a soft drink are included.

Subterranean bathhouse in the Continental Sorrento precinct with an 11-step, 90-minute ritual. It includes a sky-lit 38°C Daydream Pool, Vitality Pool, magnesium reflexology pool, 8 to 12°C cold plunge, Nordic sauna up to 90°C, aroma steam, glacial mist room, salt room, sensory showers and heated lounges. Guests must be 14 or over, and silence is observed until midday.

Warehouse sauna studio in Collingwood built around a 25-person traditional sauna, with 38°C hot and 5°C cold concrete plunge pools and a hot magnesium pool. Casual sessions give one hour of non-guided access, while Class+ sessions add a breathwork or movement class and a guided three-minute plunge. A fireplace chill-out area with tea follows each session.

Two-storey sauna and cold plunge studio on Commercial Road, opened in 2026 as the second Inner Studio. A sauna seating up to 40 people pairs with a 38°C hot pool and a 5 to 8°C cold pool, alongside breathwork, yoga and Pilates classes. Casual sessions give one hour of non-guided access, and Class+ adds a class and guided plunge.

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.

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+.

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.