Is it ok to get an erection on nude beach or in sauna?

I saw a guy get an erection while lying on a towel at a nude beach in France. His companion may have been caressing him (not on his genitals). She saw it happen and very nonchalantly covered him with a towel.

I’ve never had an erection on a nude beach.

I have attended BDSM camps where clothes were optional in a certain area, most of the camp actually, and I never saw anybody males getting aroused, of course it is hard to tell about females unless you can physically check or can ask.

I spend half my summer holidays on a nude beach/campsite and have never have never seen anyone with an erection. I was surprised as I came to this only a few years ago in middle age, and quite thought seeing my new girlfriend naked and tanned would get me hard when I least wanted it.

In fact we’ve enjoyed both being naked and free - it’s hot so clothes are a pain anyway. I get hard when we caress or touch, but just being together is ‘normal’ and so erections are not an issue. We are all naked. And if I feel one coming on, well a quick swim or a minute or two under a towell or thinking about tax returns or Brexit are enough to cool my ardour.

Boners happen - sometimes at inopportune times. When I was in high school I remember getting boners in class before the bell rang and then had to hold my books or binders so as to conceal it. As a person who has frequented nudist beaches, hot springs, and nudity in the saunas and steam rooms I have not gotten an involuntary erection. I have seen guys with erections in these places, but the guy was not flaunting it or doing anything to draw attention to it. I have seen couples walking along the beach and the guy has a boner. Nobody paid any attention to it. Most other people tend to ignore it. Its a different issue if that guy is flaunting it, and doing something to attract attention to it.

I have had a few erections on a beach, and I simply turned over and led on my stomach until it diminished. I was not fussed who saw it, but I did it out of respect for the people that could see me.

Its OK to get them as its natural thing, its not ok to parade it about. Either cover up with towel or go for dip in the sea/ lake etc.

I have a favorite spa that I visit now and then has a loosely enforced policy. Every man is nude, but should wrap up in the common areas, which most comply with. In the wet, pool, whirlpool, or wet sauna, nudity is more or less expected, and erections are very common, with gay videos in every area. I only go on week day mornings where the group is mostly older men, so you just don’t see those hard boners like we all used to have.

Still many men, I guess, would probably have a hard time keeping it down and I myself would die from embarrassment once it starts growing. Major reason not to visit nude beaches or a mixed sauna.

Yes, one of two reasons I never desired to visit a nude beach; despite my always being horny when younger. The other was because, if you read my profile, my interest is in seeing women wearing girdles, panties, etc. and showing off in underwear rather than being nude is another no-no at nude beaches.

Once you spend a day or two there you won't get aroused because seeing naked people for 8 hours at a time you will quickly lose the unexpected wood. I have been walking on the beach before and came across some naked ladies and just nodded and kept going. At no time did Willie perk up. I would say that having an erection on a nude beach would be looked at very critically by nude beach goers.

Back in my 20's I'd taken this young lady to The Red Castle motel for a Sauna…things got pretty steamy…seeing as it was all wood….I generously donated some.

As we were already naked I though she could do with a nice tip…..so I did…several times.

We went to a nude beach a couple of times back in the 70's. I don't recall seeing anybody with an erection - but then again, I was more absorbed looking at other thingys.

I wouldn't care at all seeing a man with an erection at a nude beach. I'm just glad that when it happens to me and my clitoris swells it's all hidden inside my slit. The worst that can happen is the tip of the hood might stick out of the lips but people would just think that's my natural shape.

I have been on many nude beaches, sauna's, nudist campings in my life. But i have seen almost never a boner there. you don't have to be afraid as man to get a boner there anyways… (when you don't want it, haha)

@liberetto, “spontaneous erection” would prob be a better term.. I got erect often on blacks Beach. The Alaska current would make it deflate in an instant. Thr problem is, it was a long way to the water especially during low tide. Was always able to find a private place in the bushes above the beach to take care of business (usually uninterrupted) and then was usually good for a couple of hours.

I have been visiting nudist beaches/camps since the mid '80s (coming from a place where nudism is a thriving business) and never saw an erection or anything like that. True nudists are very friendly and understanding. As someone already mentioned, seeing naked bodies all day just makes you not pay attention to them. If you get hard, just use a towel out of consideration but again, true nudists will not care a bit.

It depends on what a guy does with it when it happens. I have seen an occasional election at a nude venue. There's no issues as long as you don't try to attract attention to yourself or your arousal. It's obvious from body language when a guy is trying to draw attention. At a gym erections are not common, but do happen. Just go about your business dressing or showering. I started to get hard once so I focused more on what I was doing and it subsided. What you don't want to do is flaunt it and draw attention to it.

On both occasions when I saw a man with an erection on a nude beach, the man had fallen asleep (obviously, face-up) on a beach towel, while sunbathing. Not much a man can do to avoid erections while he is asleep.

You may be asked to be a toilet paper holder in the rest rooms

Depends on the beach. If its mixed, there are older folk, younger folks and kids. It's quite easy NOT to get an erection there (I'm in shorts). However, as you walk down the beach toward the wooded section where there are only guys. You start to see erections and they are stroking them. So, when I'm in the wooded section, I'm hard in my bra and panties…

I would guess that it is not acceptable to walk around with an erection. They do happen, but should be covered or hidden to be respectful of others. The nude beach or sauna are not necessarily a sexual environment. Thus making the erection inappropriate.

I've never had an unexpected erection on a nude beach or in a sauna. I've seen men who had a hard one, but they always quickly disappeared into the water as it's unusual and families with children may also be present. Even in a normal spa sauna it is not tolerated, and if it does happen it is quickly hidden with a bath towel. It is different in typical sauna clubs or on swinger beaches where public sex is practiced. It's common and normal there.