About St Andrews Seaside Sauna
St. Andrews Seaside Sauna is the latest sauna from the Scottish Seaside Saunas. More spacious and seating more than the iconic Shore Sauna, at Elie Seaside Sauna, it is located next to the, East Sands Leisure Centre, a short walk from St. Andrews City Centre, on the famous surfing and wild swimming beach of East Sands.
Here visitors can enjoy hot drinks and snacks from the newly opened container café, along with a swim and a sauna. Or walk further along the beach to The Cheesy Toastie Shack. There is also ample parking and access to the loos in The Leisure Centre.
A pleace to relax and more…
St. Andrews Seaside Sauna faces North East, out over the famous St. Andrews Bay.
With this aspect, St. Andrews Seaside Sauna’s large heat-tempered, glass windows enable guests to enjoy The Bay’s famous sunrises.
Like Elie Seaside Sauna’s two saunas and Cellardyke Seaside Sauna, St. Andrews Seaside Sauna was born out of The East Neuk’s tradition of sea-swimming. Scottish Seaside Saunas founder, Judith Dunlop’s grew-up swimming in St. Andrews’, now gone, Step Rock Pool, where she was first photographed, as a baby.
Judith’s life-long travels throughout The UK, Ireland and The Nordic Region, swimming in countless outdoor pools, experiencing a whole variety of saunas and hot/could thermal baths is backed-up by assiduous research of the tradition of sauna-bathing, with regular visits to Finland and an enbededment within the modern sauna movement, internationally.
Along the road, in St. Andrews, itself, there are several places where sauna guests can enjoy some of the region’s famous fish’n’chips, as well as other food and drink offerings, post-sauna.
Heated by a woodburning stove, to temperatures between 70- and 100-degrees C., St Andrews Seaside Sauna is completely off-grid. Users can book an hour’s session, or longer, either as an individual, or as a group. Sauna users are advised to switch from hot, to cold, every 10, to 15 minutes, enabling their bodies to cool down, in between, with the aid of a plunge in the cool waters of East Sands, if they choose. Through this process, sauna users start to experience the benefits of this liberating environment.
Things you will notice using a sauna
Your Breathing
You will find that being in a sauna, your breathing slows, your airways relax, and you feel more able to breathe. People who suffer from asthma and respiratory diseases, may find relief whilst in a sauna.
YOur Joints and muscles
The increased blood circulation, encouraged by switching from cold to hot and back again, can help reduce muscle soreness, improve joint movement and ease arthritic pain.
You relax
Overall, being off-grid and away from screens – even watches and clocks – and through the slowing down of breathing and muscle relaxation, heart rate reduces, and the mind relaxes. Sauna users let go of stress and find themselves more able to process complex thoughts.
Saunas are social places. They are great places for conversation, for opening-up creativity and developing ideas. Places to spend time relaxing with friends and family. With the reduction in stress, sauna users find themselves more able to enjoy life. They feel their mental health improve, and their creativity and self-confidence boosted.
The sauna is in a converted horse trailer. Built by specialist sauna builders, from heat-treated Aspen. It seats 6-8 people. An individual can book a seat, or a group can book-out the whole sauna, by the hour.