Where to Sauna in and around Byron
If you’re looking for a sauna in and around Byron Bay, you’re in luck. From sleek infrared cabins tucked inside local gyms to luxe day spas and boutique stand-alone studios, there are plenty of options to turn up the heat. Whether you’re pairing your session with a workout, a massage, or simply carving out solo time, sweating it out in Byron’s saunas is a beautiful way to restore balance, recharge energy, and feel lighter from the inside out.
Here are our recommendations of where sauna in and around Byron Bay…
Navia Bathhouse, Byron Bay
We love this subterranean dim lit sanctuary located in the heart of town. Within this space, explore the best of thermal therapies including sauna, steam, a warm magnesium pool and tranquil relaxation areas. Whether you’re carving out solo time for self-care or catching up with friends over a healthy, mindful outing, Navia Bathhouse feels intimate yet social. The atmosphere is warm, welcoming and elevated; a setting that encourages presence, connection and rest, with design touches that honour both Scandinavian bathhouse traditions and Byron’s laid-back coastal aesthetic.
http://naviabathhouse.com.au
Nimbus Co, Byron Bay
We’re a little bit obsessed about Nimbus Co, a modern wellness brand situated inside a sleek industrial warehouse in Byron. They offer several state-of-the-art Infrared Saunas tailored to couples and singles. Why not pair your sauna session with Colon Hydrotherapy? Nimbus Co also house a healing space with Acupuncture, Massage, Myotherapy and Colon Hydrotherapy on the menu. Nimbus Co is a ‘must visit’ for your weekly self-care, detox and rejuvenation. Open seven days!
nimbusco.com.au
Comma Spaces, Byron Bay
Well regarded for their epic massages, Comma Spaces now houses a bathhouse! Situated in the Arts & Industry Estate in Byron Bay, the indoor-outdoor space features hot and cold plunge pools, bucket showers, a hammam and traditional sauna. Try and book one of their treatments – from the sublime ‘Equilibrium’, ‘Last Resort’ and ‘The Long Exhale’ massages to facials ‘The Calm Visage’ facial, Comma Spaces offers some of the best massages in town.
http://commaspaces.com
Eléme Day Spa, Byron Bay
Located within the tropical Crystalbrook Byron resort is the luxury Eléme Day Spa is one of the few spas in the Byron Shire featuring both steam and infrared sauna! The Infrared Sauna is part of the Zen Affair menu that is a collection of experiences tailored to purify and enhance your glow. We recommend you pair your sauna with one of the amazing Sodashi spa treatments (the ‘Curative Crystalus’ ritual is exceptional)! The spa is also open to outside guests.
crystalbrookcollection.com/eleme-spa/byron
Bruns Gym, Brunswick Heads
Could this be one of the best kept wellness secrets in the area? We think so! Bruns Gym is an established fitness centre with not one, not two but three Infrared Saunas! Members have access to the Infrared Saunas as part of their membership. For non-members, you only need to pay $10 each. We recommend you add a half-hour sauna to your work-out – you’ll feel amazing.
brunsgym.com.au
Bodyworkz Fitness & Wellness Center, Byron Bay
An established gym and recovery studio, Bodyworkz, also houses a ‘Sunlighten Sauna’ inclusive of the ‘2 mPulse ‘3 person saunas. The ethos here is to ‘provide wellness therapies that support optimal health and wellbeing’. As well as an Infrared Sauna, they offer yoga and pilates and the unique ‘AirPod HYDROXY’ sessions – where oxygen is used to target and reduce stress, injury, fatigue, and modern lifestyle disease.
http://bodyworkz.com.au
Social Remedy, Byron Bay
This social-club gym situated in the Industrial Estate in Byron Bay features several spaces for wellness workouts including gyms, pilates, yoga, a female-only fitness gym – and a Recovery space! Social Remedy offers the best of body-mind recovery and biohacking with an Infrared Sauna Chamber, Ice Bath, Steam, Cryotherapy, Hyperbaric Chamber and Compression Therapy.
http://www.socialremedy.com.au
The Banya, Mullumbimby
A social wellness bathhouse located in the center of Mullumbimby! The Banya bathhouse features a marble tiled pool, two large hot mineral pools, a wood-fired sauna, a steam room and a cold plunge. As well, a day spa upstairs where youc an experience the best of our region’s healers and bodywokers. With an onsite restaurant open from breakfast to late, you can linger all day!
http://thebanya.com.au
Obsessed about saunas? Why not install an Infrared Sauna at home…
Sauna advocates can now install an Infrared Sauna inside their own home. Clearlight Saunas are considered one of the best quality and low EMF Infrared Sauna brands in the world and their HQ is located right here in the Byron Shire! Discover their impressive range of solo, couples and larger saunas for home, spa and business. Their website offers the latest medical research and clinical studies about infrared saunas.
http://infrared-sauna.com.au
Why Sauna?
Saunas are more than just relaxing—they’re known to boost circulation, support detoxification, ease sore muscles, and calm the nervous system. Saunas are one of the most powerful rituals for cleansing and restoring the body. Through heat and sweat, they help release toxins, boost circulation, ease tension, and leave you with a radiant glow. Traditional Scandinavian saunas use dry heat to warm the body from the outside in, while Infrared saunas use near, mid, and far infrared light to penetrate deeply into muscles, joints, and tissues. Both offer profound benefits — from reduced inflammation and improved metabolism to enhanced energy, weight support, and glowing skin.
