Outdoor saunas in San Francisco, United States
Alchemy Springs
Alchemy Springs runs the Sauna Garden at 939 Post Street in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco, a preview of its full bathhouse. The garden centres on a 40-person circular communal sauna with tiered seating, joined by cold-plunge tubs, rain showers, a fire pit and heated thermal benches, with showers and lockers on site. Programming includes guided contrast-therapy sessions with breathwork and sound baths. Passes are sold via ResortPass from $62; hours are Mon–Fri 5–9 PM, Sat 10–6, Sun 10–8.
Dogpatch Paddle Sauna
Dogpatch Paddle runs a waterfront barrel sauna and cold plunge at Crane Cove Park on San Francisco's Dogpatch shoreline, alongside its kayak and paddleboard rentals. The barrel sauna is kept around 190°F and seats up to four, and the cold plunge sits near 49°F. One-hour public sessions start at $25 for sauna only or $35 with the plunge; a private booking reserves the whole sauna for a group of up to four. Public sessions run daily from 9 AM with the last at 4 PM, and members have longer hours.
Fjord
Fjord is a floating sauna platform moored at Marinship Way in Sausalito, on Richardson Bay north of San Francisco. It carries two traditional Finnish-style saunas, North and South, each seating up to six, and guests cool off by plunging straight into the bay within a marked plunge zone. Shared 90-minute sessions cost $45 per guest for up to eight people, and a private two-hour booking of one sauna is $270. It opens daily from 8 AM, except Tuesdays from 2 PM, until 8:30 PM.
Good Hot
Good Hot is a small bayside sauna spot at Point San Pablo in Richmond, on the East Bay shoreline north of Berkeley. Five electrically heated saunas with different seating layouts, adjustable to about 180°F, are rented privately: saunas 1–3 take one to six people for $130 per 90-minute session and saunas 4–5 take up to eight for $150. A small beach down a short stairway serves as the cold plunge. It opens Thursday to Monday, about 9:30 AM to 8:15 PM, with reduced-rate communal entries.
Alchemy Springs
Alchemy Springs runs the Sauna Garden at 939 Post Street in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco, a preview of its full bathhouse. The garden centres on a 40-person circular communal sauna with tiered seating, joined by cold-plunge tubs, rain showers, a fire pit and heated thermal benches, with showers and lockers on site. Programming includes guided contrast-therapy sessions with breathwork and sound baths. Passes are sold via ResortPass from $62; hours are Mon–Fri 5–9 PM, Sat 10–6, Sun 10–8.
Dogpatch Paddle Sauna
Dogpatch Paddle runs a waterfront barrel sauna and cold plunge at Crane Cove Park on San Francisco's Dogpatch shoreline, alongside its kayak and paddleboard rentals. The barrel sauna is kept around 190°F and seats up to four, and the cold plunge sits near 49°F. One-hour public sessions start at $25 for sauna only or $35 with the plunge; a private booking reserves the whole sauna for a group of up to four. Public sessions run daily from 9 AM with the last at 4 PM, and members have longer hours.
Fjord
Fjord is a floating sauna platform moored at Marinship Way in Sausalito, on Richardson Bay north of San Francisco. It carries two traditional Finnish-style saunas, North and South, each seating up to six, and guests cool off by plunging straight into the bay within a marked plunge zone. Shared 90-minute sessions cost $45 per guest for up to eight people, and a private two-hour booking of one sauna is $270. It opens daily from 8 AM, except Tuesdays from 2 PM, until 8:30 PM.
Good Hot
Good Hot is a small bayside sauna spot at Point San Pablo in Richmond, on the East Bay shoreline north of Berkeley. Five electrically heated saunas with different seating layouts, adjustable to about 180°F, are rented privately: saunas 1–3 take one to six people for $130 per 90-minute session and saunas 4–5 take up to eight for $150. A small beach down a short stairway serves as the cold plunge. It opens Thursday to Monday, about 9:30 AM to 8:15 PM, with reduced-rate communal entries.