In Seattle & Puget Sound, 11 of the curated saunas fit this cut. See the full Seattle & Puget Sound region guide for every venue, or keep scrolling for just the saunas with a cold plunge.
Every sauna with a cold plunge in Seattle & Puget Sound
Banya
$$Everett, United States
A Russian-style banya on Colby Avenue in downtown Everett, run in the Eastern European tradition. Sessions take in a wood-fired dry sauna, a wet steam room, a red light sauna, a cold plunge pool and a jacuzzi. A kitchen serves food and drink between rounds.
Banya 5
$$Seattle, United States
A compact urban banya in South Lake Union, running since 2004, blending Russian, Turkish, Finnish and Japanese bathing in one facility. The core circuit is a parilka, eucalyptus steam room, ice bath, saltwater pool and hot tub. Platza treatments, a nap room and massage sit alongside.
Banya Boat
$$Seattle, United States
Banya Boat is a floating banya moored at a marina on Lake Union, hired whole by one group at a time. Aboard are a cedar dry sauna, a steam sauna, a cold plunge, a wood-fired hot tub and an upper-deck lounge. A banya master can add a birch or oak venik ritual.
Bywater Sauna
$$Seattle, United States
Sauna sessions run beside open water at Golden Gardens and Alki Beach, with two further sites through the colder months. Sessions of 60 or 75 minutes are booked online in advance, and guests cycle between the sauna and the water at their own pace. Bring your own towel, and there are outdoor rinse showers.
City Sweats — Wallingford
$$Seattle, United States
City Sweats Wallingford is the Stone Way North branch of a Seattle infrared sauna and cold plunge studio. Guests book full-spectrum infrared cabins that take two to four people. A cold plunge, red light therapy and a salt-and-sand lounge sit alongside.
Fyre Sauna
$$Redmond, United States
Fyre Sauna is a cedar-lined sauna with a Kuuma wood stove, set among the rows of The Homestead Orchard in Woodinville wine country. Community sessions are hosted by a sauna guide, with cold plunge tubs, an outdoor shower and a covered patio. Groups of up to 12 can hire the whole site.
Hot Rocks Sauna Club
$$Seattle, United States
A wood-fired cedar barrel sauna that sets up on the shore at Alki Beach Park in West Seattle, with the cold plunge taken in Puget Sound. Sessions run Thursday to Saturday and the barrel seats a dozen or so, and the exact spot on the beach follows the operator's parks permit. The barrel can also be hired privately.
Hothouse Spa & Sauna
$$Seattle, United States
A small Capitol Hill bathhouse taken privately, one group at a time: a cedar sauna, a herbal steam room, a tiled hot tub, a cold plunge shower and a relaxation area. Bookings run from 90 minutes to three hours and cover up to four people, with room for eight on longer slots. Gender inclusive, and open seven days a week.
SeaTsu Sauna
$$Clallam County, United States
SeaTsu runs two wood-fired saunas built from vintage horse trailers on a forest site in Blyn, on the Olympic Peninsula. Between rounds there is a saltwater cold plunge, outdoor showers and a cedar dome for changing. Shared co-ed sessions and a women-only night sit alongside private bookings and overnight stays.
Soak & Sage — Seattle
$$$Renton, United States
A social bathhouse in Renton, by the south end of Lake Washington, sold as timed day passes. It takes in a Finnish cedar sauna, a temazcal, botanical steam, a warm thermal pool and a snow and cold plunge zone. Swimwear is required, the space is co-ed, and conversation is welcome.
Von Sauna
$$Kirkland, United States
Von Sauna runs two wood-fired saunas on barges moored at the public pier in the Carillon Point marina, on Lake Washington. Social sessions sell a seat and let guests move between the cedar and magnolia saunas. The cold plunge is the lake itself, down a swim ladder.