Why the Best View in a Sauna is the Ocean

Ocean views don’t just look good – they actively enhance the wellness benefits of your sauna session.

Arriving at the beach with the view of the ocean ahead, taking a deep breath of the fresh sea air and opening the door to the luxurious moments of self care you’re about to step into. Feeling the heat as you enter the beautifully crafted cedar wood sauna, hearing the crackling of the wood fire and then taking in the panoramic view of the ocean ahead, immersed in the elements, heat, water, fire, air and rock of the cliffs.

Nature based and coastal saunas have been a growing trend in the southwest and we are lucky enough to have so much unspoilt coastline to boast. The rise of the coastal sauna in popularity is not only due to the sauna benefits themselves, but to the increasingly understood enhanced health benefits of combining that with the ocean air and wild sea dips too.

Health and wellness have always been a pioneering experience and saunas have in recent years come out of the basements of buildings and from the back rooms of spas and pool complexes, into the forefront. Entering the public’s eye and changing our mindset towards wellness and nature, bringing joy, a more immersive experience and the mental benefits of the experience to boost, forging a health revolution.

The Benefit of Ocean View Saunas

Ocean view saunas have countless health benefits, including increased circulation, detoxification, stress reduction and mental calm, cardiovascular health and longevity. They boast the reduction of muscle pain and soothing of joint pain and assist in recovering from workouts. As well as the health and beauty aspect of cleaning impurities from the skin and improving skin elasticity. 

Then come the ocean view benefits to boost the experience and take it to another level. Complimenting the sauna experience perfectly. The ocean view lowers cortisol, reducing stress and easing mental tension, triggering a meditative state. The coastal air, combined with heat, helps with breathing, making it ideal for clearing respiratory passages and the natural ions of the breaking waves boost serotonin, reduce stress, and cleanse the air of allergens.

Many coastal saunas encourage “hot-cold” therapy, where you alternate between the hot, wood-fired sauna and a bracing dip in the Atlantic Ocean. Relaxing back in the sauna after the clarifying cold immersion. 

By watching the natural and ever-changing ocean, in all its forms from serene to dramatic, with sunsets of all colours and wildlife all around, gives you the connectedness to nature that help regulate our nervous system, bringing clarity and a multitude of benefits to the forefront.

Quite naturally after immersing in this new culture and experience, getting connected to this ocean environment draws you to wanting more time connected to the ocean. At Wavehunters, we specialise in being in the elements and being connected to the nature and ocean around us that Cornwall’s famous for. 

So why not come experience surfing with us a Watergate Bay or book a sea safari to see the wildlife that lives and plays around our beautiful Cornish coastline? Come and immerse yourself in the beautiful nature we are connected to.

Book our ocean side sauna at Watergate Bay!