Best Saunas in Gold Coast, Australia
City Cave Southport
A franchise of the City Cave float and wellness chain on Ferry Road in Southport, with three core services: float therapy in magnesium-rich pools, infrared sauna sessions and massage. Infrared sessions usually run 45 minutes and can be paired with red light therapy or bundled with a float or massage. Open weekdays from 10am to 8pm.
P3 Recovery Ashmore
P3 Recovery Ashmore is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 6pm at weekends.
P3 Recovery Burleigh
P3 Recovery Burleigh is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, both a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 4pm at weekends.
P3 Recovery Labrador
P3 Recovery Labrador, in Biggera Waters, is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, both a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 4pm at weekends.
Revibe Wellness & Recovery
A small recovery centre on Varsity Parade in Varsity Lakes offering infrared sauna sessions alongside a float tank, compression boots and a lymphatic massage roller machine. Packages combine several services and include private rooms and showers, so sessions are taken privately rather than in a shared space. Open every day from 8am to 9pm.
Vikasati Southport
An open-air bathhouse in Southport built around what Vikasati calls the Gold Coast's largest traditional sauna, a three-tier Finnish rock sauna running from 75 degrees on the bottom bench to 105 at the top. Sessions last 90 minutes for $49 and include 5 degree ice baths, a 14 degree cold magnesium pool and 37 degree hot magnesium pools. There is no steam room. Swimwear is worn throughout and the bathhouse is alcohol-free. Open daily 6am to 9pm.
Greenhouse The Bathhouse
A small thermal bathhouse in the Tallebudgera Valley hinterland, paired with a plant-based canteen and bar. A 90-minute soak session at $60 covers warm magnesium pools, a mineral pool, a cold plunge, a steam room and a red cedar sauna, with sessions capped at ten guests. Packages add a body scrub, a drink or a two-course lunch, and massage is available. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am.
Lan Bathhouse
An adults-only bathhouse on level 1 of the Paradise Centre in Surfers Paradise with five magnesium-infused hot spring spas at 38 and 32 degrees, a hot sauna, an aromatic steam room and a 12 degree cold plunge pool. A bar serves cocktails and finger food, massage and head spa treatments are offered, and two private pools can be booked for small groups. Candle-lit evenings run from 6pm to 9pm. Open daily 6:30am to 9pm.
On Eagle Wings Mountain Retreat & Spa
A hinterland day spa and villa retreat in Neranwood, above Mudgeeraba, looking out over the Gold Coast hinterland. Alongside massage, facial and body treatments it has an infrared detox sauna, a six-person mineral hydrotherapy spa with 103 jets and a heated 25-metre saltwater infinity lap pool. Spa packages combine these with treatments and high tea, and the pool is complimentary with treatments.
Soak Bathhouse Mermaid Beach
The Gold Coast branch of the Soak Bathhouse chain, an open-air bathhouse in Mermaid Beach that calls itself the Gold Coast's original bathhouse. Guests move between travertine magnesium mineral pools, 38 degree hot spas, a dry cedar sauna, an aromatic steam room and a 12.5 degree cold plunge. A classic 90-minute Soak Origin session starts at $59.95 and a private infrared sauna session costs $49.95 for up to two people. Sunday evenings run a candlelit sleep ritual.
One Spa at RACV Royal Pines Resort
The day spa of the RACV Royal Pines golf resort in Benowa, open to resort guests and visitors. Treatments use LaGaia skincare, and a Rejuvenation Lounge holds an infrared sauna, a Somadome meditation pod and an O2 breathing chair. Packages such as a body exfoliation with a 60-minute massage cost $260 per person. Open daily 9am to 5pm.
Move Headquarters Currumbin
A gym and recovery centre in Currumbin Waters running strength, conditioning, infrared hot and reformer Pilates classes, with a recovery area that has a Sunlighten mPulse infrared sauna, ice bathing, compression boots and breath and sound sessions. Open Monday to Friday 4:30am to 7pm, Saturday 5:30am to 4pm and Sunday 6:30am to 4pm.
City Cave Southport
A franchise of the City Cave float and wellness chain on Ferry Road in Southport, with three core services: float therapy in magnesium-rich pools, infrared sauna sessions and massage. Infrared sessions usually run 45 minutes and can be paired with red light therapy or bundled with a float or massage. Open weekdays from 10am to 8pm.
P3 Recovery Ashmore
P3 Recovery Ashmore is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 6pm at weekends.
P3 Recovery Burleigh
P3 Recovery Burleigh is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, both a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 4pm at weekends.
P3 Recovery Labrador
P3 Recovery Labrador, in Biggera Waters, is a branch of the P3 Recovery contrast-therapy chain with magnesium contrast pools, an ice bath, both a traditional sauna and an infrared sauna and a compression lounge. Sessions are sold singly or as packs and memberships, with an introductory offer of 14 days of unlimited contrast pools, compression and sauna. Open Monday to Friday 6am to 9pm and 8am to 4pm at weekends.
Revibe Wellness & Recovery
A small recovery centre on Varsity Parade in Varsity Lakes offering infrared sauna sessions alongside a float tank, compression boots and a lymphatic massage roller machine. Packages combine several services and include private rooms and showers, so sessions are taken privately rather than in a shared space. Open every day from 8am to 9pm.
Vikasati Southport
An open-air bathhouse in Southport built around what Vikasati calls the Gold Coast's largest traditional sauna, a three-tier Finnish rock sauna running from 75 degrees on the bottom bench to 105 at the top. Sessions last 90 minutes for $49 and include 5 degree ice baths, a 14 degree cold magnesium pool and 37 degree hot magnesium pools. There is no steam room. Swimwear is worn throughout and the bathhouse is alcohol-free. Open daily 6am to 9pm.
Greenhouse The Bathhouse
A small thermal bathhouse in the Tallebudgera Valley hinterland, paired with a plant-based canteen and bar. A 90-minute soak session at $60 covers warm magnesium pools, a mineral pool, a cold plunge, a steam room and a red cedar sauna, with sessions capped at ten guests. Packages add a body scrub, a drink or a two-course lunch, and massage is available. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am.
Lan Bathhouse
An adults-only bathhouse on level 1 of the Paradise Centre in Surfers Paradise with five magnesium-infused hot spring spas at 38 and 32 degrees, a hot sauna, an aromatic steam room and a 12 degree cold plunge pool. A bar serves cocktails and finger food, massage and head spa treatments are offered, and two private pools can be booked for small groups. Candle-lit evenings run from 6pm to 9pm. Open daily 6:30am to 9pm.
On Eagle Wings Mountain Retreat & Spa
A hinterland day spa and villa retreat in Neranwood, above Mudgeeraba, looking out over the Gold Coast hinterland. Alongside massage, facial and body treatments it has an infrared detox sauna, a six-person mineral hydrotherapy spa with 103 jets and a heated 25-metre saltwater infinity lap pool. Spa packages combine these with treatments and high tea, and the pool is complimentary with treatments.
Soak Bathhouse Mermaid Beach
The Gold Coast branch of the Soak Bathhouse chain, an open-air bathhouse in Mermaid Beach that calls itself the Gold Coast's original bathhouse. Guests move between travertine magnesium mineral pools, 38 degree hot spas, a dry cedar sauna, an aromatic steam room and a 12.5 degree cold plunge. A classic 90-minute Soak Origin session starts at $59.95 and a private infrared sauna session costs $49.95 for up to two people. Sunday evenings run a candlelit sleep ritual.
One Spa at RACV Royal Pines Resort
The day spa of the RACV Royal Pines golf resort in Benowa, open to resort guests and visitors. Treatments use LaGaia skincare, and a Rejuvenation Lounge holds an infrared sauna, a Somadome meditation pod and an O2 breathing chair. Packages such as a body exfoliation with a 60-minute massage cost $260 per person. Open daily 9am to 5pm.
Move Headquarters Currumbin
A gym and recovery centre in Currumbin Waters running strength, conditioning, infrared hot and reformer Pilates classes, with a recovery area that has a Sunlighten mPulse infrared sauna, ice bathing, compression boots and breath and sound sessions. Open Monday to Friday 4:30am to 7pm, Saturday 5:30am to 4pm and Sunday 6:30am to 4pm.