Wild Swimming & Thermal Springs Timing

Blue & Green Grotto Caves

Lagoon & Volcanic Soaking

Turquoise barrier reef lagoons and natural volcanic swimming holes with year-round water temperatures averaging 80°F.

Silica Sand Swimming

Pristine silica sand beaches at Whitehaven Beach and protected tidal lagoons with 98% pure silica sand that does not retain heat.

Lagoon & Rockpool Soaking

Sheltered turquoise rockpools and calm swimming coves at Stokes Bay and Emu Bay protected by offshore limestone reefs.

Cala & Cove Swimming

Crystalline turquoise sea coves (calas) carved into limestone sea cliffs at Cala Deià, Cala Llombards, and Cala Tuent.

Blue Lagoon & River Swims

Spring-fed 180-foot-deep Blue Lagoon mixing warm Caribbean seawater with ice-cold subterranean freshwater mountain springs.

Playa Frontón

Remote, roadless white-sand beaches at Playa Frontón backed by 300-foot marble cliffs accessible only by boat or foot path.

Pacific Beach Swimming

South-facing Pacific beaches sheltered by the Channel Islands at Butterfly Beach and Miramar Beach with gentle summer surf.

Atlantic Beach Swimming

Wide Atlantic ocean surf beaches and protected bay waters around Ditch Plains, Georgica Beach, and Gardiners Bay.

Argentario Cove Swimming

Protected sea coves with transparent waters around the Monte Argentario promontory and Giglio Island.

Thermal Canyon Soaking

Natural Puritama hot spring pools cascading through a desert canyon gorge at 11,400 feet with mineral waters averaging 91°F.

Glacial Waterfall Plunges

Cascading freshwater waterfall pools and natural plunge basins fed by Andes mountain streams within the Mashpi Reserve.

Ice Plunge & Sauna Culture

Traditional wood-fired smoke saunas paired with cold plunges directly into carved ice holes (avanto) in frozen Arctic lakes.

Traditional Onsen Soaking

Geothermal mineral-rich onsen baths nestled among cedar forests in Kurama and the northern Arashiyama mountains.

Calistoga Mineral Soaking

Naturally heated geothermal volcanic mineral springs and volcanic ash baths in Calistoga fed by deep underground aquifers.

Geothermal Ghost Town Soaking

Historic natural geothermal hot springs along the Uncompahgre River in Ouray and backcountry ghost town pools at Dunton.

Geothermal & Lake Soaking

High-altitude alpine lake swims in Lake St. Moritz and Lake Cauma, plus historic thermal mineral baths in Leukerbad.

Saturnia Thermal Soaks

Cascading travertine sulfur spring pools at Terme di Saturnia flowing continuously at a soothing 99.5°F (37.5°C).

Jungle Waterfall & Bay Swimming

Warm Gulf of Thailand bays and freshwater rainforest jungle waterfall plunge pools at Klong Plu and Than Mayom.

Slide Rock State Park & Oak Creek

Natural red sandstone water slides and deep cold-water swimming holes along Oak Creek in Slide Rock State Park.

Peekamoose Blue Hole & Esopus Creek

Deep mountain swimming holes along the Rondout Creek at Peekamoose Blue Hole and cold glacial pools in the Esopus drainage.

Sacred Cenote Swimming

Subterranean limestone sinkholes (cenotes) and cave river systems with crystal-clear freshwater filtered through limestone bedrock.

Zion Narrows River Wading

Wading and swimming through the Virgin River in the towering thousand-foot-deep sandstone gorge of The Narrows.