Saunas in Melbourne

Pop-up wood-fired Nordic sauna in a leafy urban yard in Northcote. Standard sessions are quiet, closed-door and run three 10-minute sauna rounds with breaks for a cool plunge or shower. Guided Saunagus sessions add Danish-style towel fanning, essential oils and music. Regular events include queer nights, gender-diverse sessions and themed evenings.

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.

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.

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.

Finnish-style community sauna by the bay in Mordialloc, with a large window looking over the water and cold sea dips between rounds. Shared sauna rituals run 90 minutes, with guided Saunagus sessions using fanning, music and aroma, and women-only Wednesday sessions. Tea is provided, sessions are alcohol-free and open to all genders and ages, and private hire takes up to six guests.

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.

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.

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.

Riverside Nordic sauna on the grounds of Oscars on the Yarra guesthouse in Warburton, run by the Soul Sauna group. Shared sessions last 90 minutes for up to six people with a sauna host, river dips between rounds and a campfire to warm up. The whole sauna can be booked privately for a group. Twelve-hour cancellation policy applies.

Thermal springs and day spa set in coastal Moonah woodland on the Mornington Peninsula.

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.

Level five bathhouse in South Melbourne with a 38°C mineral spa, aromatherapy steam room, traditional Finnish sauna, 5°C plunge and cold pail showers, finishing in a tea lounge or on the terrace. Self-guided sessions run 60 or 90 minutes, phones stay in lockers, and guests must be 16 or over. A guided three-hour Signature Journey is also offered.

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.

Co-ed bathhouse near NewQuay Central Park, entered via Glenti Place. Two-hour sessions include a 38°C mineral pool, cold plunge, Nordic sauna, infrared sauna, aromatherapy steam room and hydration station, with towel and locker provided. A private room for two adds a 10-person magnesium jacuzzi, private infrared sauna and fireplace. Guests must be 18 or over and phones are not permitted.

Geothermal hot springs above the Gippsland Lakes at Metung, drawing water from a well 500 metres below ground that reaches 45°C at the source. Revive Bathing is an all-day, self-guided pass across the Bathing Ridge, Lagoon Precinct and Hilltop areas. Children under 15 must be with an adult, while the saunas and day spa are for guests 16 and over. Open daily.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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+.

Trinity Curated Wellness occupies the ground floor and rooftop of Thomson House in South Melbourne. Its bathhouse circuit cycles between a cedar sauna, a cold plunge and a warm mineral spa, alongside a 20 minute LED lounge, group yoga and Pilates classes, and massage and facial appointments. Bathhouse access is sold through weekly memberships and intro offers.

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.