Best Saunas in Sunshine Coast, Australia
Core Revival
Core Revival is a small, female-founded wellness studio in Buddina offering an infrared sauna, a steam room, an ice bath and compression boots. Sessions are capped at four to six people. A 45-minute hot and cold session covering sauna, steam room and ice bath costs $45, and sauna or steam alone is $35 for 30 minutes. Free bub minding is offered for parents. Open daily, from 8:00 or 8:30 AM.
NaRuby Inside Out Wellness
NaRuby Inside Out Wellness is a beauty and holistic wellness clinic in Coolum Beach best known for colonic hydrotherapy and lymphatic treatments, with an infrared sauna open for standalone sessions. A single one-hour booking, with up to 30 minutes in peak heat, costs $40, and five and ten packs and a $40 weekly unlimited membership are sold. Bring your own towel and water. Open weekdays, closed at weekends.
Recovery Hive
Recovery Hive in Coolum Beach is a recovery studio built around traditional Finnish saunas, cold plunge ice baths, full-spectrum infrared saunas and Normatec compression boots. The signature 60-minute session moves between Finnish sauna and cold plunge for $45, and a 30-minute express sauna and plunge is $35. Two private suites pair an infrared sauna with red light or a cold plunge for $49. Open weekdays 7 AM to 7 PM, weekends 8 AM to 4 PM.
Recovery Room Kawana Waters
Recovery Room Kawana Waters sits on level 1 of the Sports Hub in Bokarina, overlooking Lake Kawana, and has run since 2019. It offers a communal infrared sauna, hot plunge and ice bath contrast pools, Normatec compression and a mobility zone. A 20-minute communal infrared session or a 20-minute contrast pool session costs $29, and new clients can buy a 14-day unlimited pass for $99. Open weekdays 8 AM to 8 PM, weekends 8 AM to 6 PM.
Recovery Room Sippy Downs
Recovery Room Sippy Downs, in Fairfax Village, has a traditional Finnish sauna of Western red cedar heated to about 80 degrees, a private infrared sauna, magnesium hot and ice bath contrast pools, Normatec compression and a mobility zone. A 20-minute Finnish sauna session is $29 and a 45-minute private infrared session $39; protocols combine sauna with the contrast pools. Open weekdays 8 AM to 8 PM and weekends 8 AM to 6 PM.
TLC Recovery
TLC Recovery is an athlete-owned recovery centre behind the ARB building on Sugar Road, Alexandra Headland. It has two infrared saunas: a large five-person communal cabin kept warm all day and a private three-person cabin with integrated red light. A wet area has a 38-degree hot magnesium pool, a 13 to 15 degree cold magnesium pool and a jet spa. A 30-minute communal infrared session is $25. Bring your own towel and swimwear.
TANK Riviera Bathhouse & Day Spa
TANK Riviera is a riverfront bathhouse, day spa and restaurant on the Mooloolah River in Mooloolaba. Its bathhouse has six concept tank baths, five hot magnesium tubs from 34 to 39 degrees and one cold plunge, plus a traditional sauna and a steam room. Packages run from one to several hours; the all-inclusive four-hour day with bathhouse, sauna, steam, treatment and lunch is $348. Open Monday and Thursday to Sunday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM; bookings recommended.
Thalassa Spa
Thalassa Spa is an ocean-inspired day spa set back from the Mooloolaba Esplanade, offering float tanks, an infrared sauna, infrared light pods and PEMF crystal mats alongside massages and facials. Infrared sauna sessions are private, at $45 for 30 minutes, $55 for 45 and $75 for 60, with a couples option, and sauna sessions can be paired with float or light therapy in packages.
AvaniSpa at Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel
AvaniSpa is the day spa on level 3 of Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, with four private treatment rooms including a couples suite, and a cedar sauna for relaxation after treatments. Non-hotel guests can book the sauna on its own, from $40 for a single session or $70 for couples. Open daily from 10 AM (9 AM at weekends) until 6 PM, 7 PM on Thursdays.
Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct Gym and Recovery Centre
The Queensland Government's Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct in Currimundi runs a gym and recovery centre for people aged over 14. Its recovery zone has a five-person infrared sauna and two team recovery pools held between 10 and 34 degrees for contrast therapy. Recovery is included in the $65 weekly gym and recovery membership, and a casual recovery session costs $25; sessions are booked online.
Core Revival
Core Revival is a small, female-founded wellness studio in Buddina offering an infrared sauna, a steam room, an ice bath and compression boots. Sessions are capped at four to six people. A 45-minute hot and cold session covering sauna, steam room and ice bath costs $45, and sauna or steam alone is $35 for 30 minutes. Free bub minding is offered for parents. Open daily, from 8:00 or 8:30 AM.
NaRuby Inside Out Wellness
NaRuby Inside Out Wellness is a beauty and holistic wellness clinic in Coolum Beach best known for colonic hydrotherapy and lymphatic treatments, with an infrared sauna open for standalone sessions. A single one-hour booking, with up to 30 minutes in peak heat, costs $40, and five and ten packs and a $40 weekly unlimited membership are sold. Bring your own towel and water. Open weekdays, closed at weekends.
Recovery Hive
Recovery Hive in Coolum Beach is a recovery studio built around traditional Finnish saunas, cold plunge ice baths, full-spectrum infrared saunas and Normatec compression boots. The signature 60-minute session moves between Finnish sauna and cold plunge for $45, and a 30-minute express sauna and plunge is $35. Two private suites pair an infrared sauna with red light or a cold plunge for $49. Open weekdays 7 AM to 7 PM, weekends 8 AM to 4 PM.
Recovery Room Kawana Waters
Recovery Room Kawana Waters sits on level 1 of the Sports Hub in Bokarina, overlooking Lake Kawana, and has run since 2019. It offers a communal infrared sauna, hot plunge and ice bath contrast pools, Normatec compression and a mobility zone. A 20-minute communal infrared session or a 20-minute contrast pool session costs $29, and new clients can buy a 14-day unlimited pass for $99. Open weekdays 8 AM to 8 PM, weekends 8 AM to 6 PM.
Recovery Room Sippy Downs
Recovery Room Sippy Downs, in Fairfax Village, has a traditional Finnish sauna of Western red cedar heated to about 80 degrees, a private infrared sauna, magnesium hot and ice bath contrast pools, Normatec compression and a mobility zone. A 20-minute Finnish sauna session is $29 and a 45-minute private infrared session $39; protocols combine sauna with the contrast pools. Open weekdays 8 AM to 8 PM and weekends 8 AM to 6 PM.
TLC Recovery
TLC Recovery is an athlete-owned recovery centre behind the ARB building on Sugar Road, Alexandra Headland. It has two infrared saunas: a large five-person communal cabin kept warm all day and a private three-person cabin with integrated red light. A wet area has a 38-degree hot magnesium pool, a 13 to 15 degree cold magnesium pool and a jet spa. A 30-minute communal infrared session is $25. Bring your own towel and swimwear.
TANK Riviera Bathhouse & Day Spa
TANK Riviera is a riverfront bathhouse, day spa and restaurant on the Mooloolah River in Mooloolaba. Its bathhouse has six concept tank baths, five hot magnesium tubs from 34 to 39 degrees and one cold plunge, plus a traditional sauna and a steam room. Packages run from one to several hours; the all-inclusive four-hour day with bathhouse, sauna, steam, treatment and lunch is $348. Open Monday and Thursday to Sunday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM; bookings recommended.
Thalassa Spa
Thalassa Spa is an ocean-inspired day spa set back from the Mooloolaba Esplanade, offering float tanks, an infrared sauna, infrared light pods and PEMF crystal mats alongside massages and facials. Infrared sauna sessions are private, at $45 for 30 minutes, $55 for 45 and $75 for 60, with a couples option, and sauna sessions can be paired with float or light therapy in packages.
AvaniSpa at Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel
AvaniSpa is the day spa on level 3 of Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, with four private treatment rooms including a couples suite, and a cedar sauna for relaxation after treatments. Non-hotel guests can book the sauna on its own, from $40 for a single session or $70 for couples. Open daily from 10 AM (9 AM at weekends) until 6 PM, 7 PM on Thursdays.
Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct Gym and Recovery Centre
The Queensland Government's Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct in Currimundi runs a gym and recovery centre for people aged over 14. Its recovery zone has a five-person infrared sauna and two team recovery pools held between 10 and 34 degrees for contrast therapy. Recovery is included in the $65 weekly gym and recovery membership, and a casual recovery session costs $25; sessions are booked online.