An episode-by-episode list of filming locations for Season One of Dexter :

Season One:

Episode 1 - "Dexter":


00:42: Night time drive through neon. (Signs "Crescent" & "MC Alpin") [Miami]

01:20: The Choirmaster's Gazebo. [Miami]

06:27: Boating through tropical waters. [Miami]

07:37: Dexter's Apartment. (+ 50:16) [Miami]

09:27: The Seven Seas Motel. (first Ice Truck Killer victim.) [Miami]


14:06: The Miami Metro Police Station. [Miami]  New!

19:23: Valet Station at Country Club. [Miami]


19:59: The Valet's House. [Miami]  New!

21:53: Water/boating scenes with adopted father. [Miami]

22:27: Miami Night Life. [Miami]

27:27: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house. [L.A.]

24:40: Crab-pounding party scene. [Miami]

25:54: The Fountain. [Miami]


32:25: Fish Shack. [Miami]


42:45: Building where Dexter first spots the Ice Truck. [Miami]

43:57: Dexter's following the Ice Truck. [Miami]

44:16: The Drawbridge. [Miami]





Episode 2 - "Crocodile":


04:30: Dexter floating in water. (+ 5:09) [Miami]

05:15: Jail - "Dade County Youth Correctional Facility". (This is not really a prison; the scene was shot on the street outside an industrial facility in the San Fernando Valley.)  [L.A.]

05:37: Dexter's Apartment. [Miami]

08:05: [establishing shot]  Click here.

11:00: Cop pushed off bridge / crime scene beneath split bridge.  [Miami]


14:23: Policeman's Wife's home. (notification of death) [L.A.]  New!

18:32: Dexter's Apartment. (good shot) [Miami]

19:16: Debra finds Ice Truck found parked. (+ 20:56) [Miami]


25:06: Dominoes Park / arrest.  This is is Jimbo's again. [Miami]

31:19: Matt Chambers' Bar. [L.A.]  New!


35:01: [establishing shot]  Click here.


35:05: Loco's Crab Shack. (+ interior at 46:37 & 51:48)  [L.A.] New!

                    45:53: Matt Chamber's House.  New!

Episode 3 - "Popping Cherry":


03:52: Police Funeral on Beach.  [Miami]  New!

06:29: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house. [L.A.]

10:33: Hockey Arena. [L.A.]

14:22: Swap Meet. [Miami]


17:36: Hunting Trip with Harry.


18:49: Doakes crashes mobster's family party at Catholic church.


20:30: Red Light District with hookers & Debra. (+ 39:24) [Miami]

23:56: Dexter's Apartment. [Miami]

26:07: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house. [L.A.]


29:39: Everglades-like park with alligator, where teen killer (Jeremy) tries to kill teen boy


42:00: Doakes taken for a ride by rogue cops in clown masks. [L.A.]  New!





Episode 4 - "Let's Give the Boy a Hand":


03:27: Severed hand found on beach. (+ 1:09)  [Miami]

07:18: Dexter's Apartment. [Miami]

13:11: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house. (+36:09) (+ 38:07) [L.A.]

13:13: Next-door neighbor with noisy dog. (+22:00) [L.A.]

14:36: [establishing shot]  Click here.

15:58: [establishing shot] Click here.

16:01: [establishing shot] Click here.

16:04: Severed Foot Found (Tony Tucci's). [Miami]


17:57: The Soccer Field. [L.A.]


27:45: Catholic church interior. (+55:20) [L.A.]


30:52: Sgt. Doake's Apartment House. (+ 48:35)

32:24: Palm tree with smiley face. [L.A.]

33:40: The Pumpkin patch. (where Tony's Tucci's severed leg is found). [Miami]


37:05: Family apartment building where Rita drops off dog.

47:06: 'Angel of Mercy' Hospital. [L.A.]





Episode 5 - "Love American Style":


03:35: 'Angel of Mercy' Hospital. [L.A.]

06:12: [establishing shot]  Click here.


06:17: Z Hotel. (where Rita works).

07:44: The Gazebo restaurant. [Miami]

10:17: Police Station (exterior).

11:39: The Smuggler/Killer's Auto Salvage Yard. (+ 16:15) (+ 44:19) (+ 50:39) [L.A.]

15:44: Coastline (where Rita comforts her maid.). [Miami]

17:23: Tourist beach where Cuban refugee's body washes up. [Miami]

19:47: Dexter's childhood home. (girl tries to get him to ask her to dance) [L.A.]

23:38: [establishing shot] : Click here.

23:45: Sailing alone on boat "Slice of Life". [Miami]

24:17: The Smuggler/Killer's marina home. [Miami]

29:30: Angel's former home (now ex-wife's). [L.A.]







Episode 6 - "Return to Sender": (they may have switched to L.A.-only locations here.)


05:40: The Auto Salvage Yard. (+ 19:30) (+ 46:39) (+ 48:44) [L.A.]

17:43: [establishing shot]  Click here.

17:49: The Smuggler/Killer's marina home. (crime scene) [Miami]

20:15: [establishing shot]  Click here.

28:22: Debra's target practice. (smokestacks)

29:30: Police Station (exterior).

47:04: Dexter's childhood home. (angry sister) [L.A.]

50:44: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house. (birthday party) [L.A.]

51:47: Dexter's Apartment. (view from balcony) [Miami]





Episode 7 - "Circle of Friends":


06:30: [establishing shot]  Click here.

06:30: Ice Truck Killer Suspect's trailer. (+ 19:21) [L.A.]

10:18: Bayside Elementary School.


26:11: Flamingo Park. (where Dexter stalks Jeremy on the jogging paths) [L.A.]

27:08: The Pink Motel. [L.A.]

40:03: [establishing shot]  Click here.

45:36: Juan's Hot Dog Stand. (Deb & Rudy's first date) [L.A.]





Episode 8 - "Shrink Wrap":


07:30: [establishing shot]  Click here.

10:29: Dexter's Apartment. [Miami]

14:37: [establishing shot]  Click here.


17:22: Dexter jogging in residential neighborhood.

20:48: Playground with Rita's ex (Paul) and the kids.

22:43: [establishing shot]  Click here.

17:22: Rita's house. [L.A.]

32:59: [establishing shot] Click here.

39:15: Schoolyard Bully. [L.A.]

39:53: [establishing shot] Click here.





Episode 9 - "Father Knows Best":


04:13: Chase over bridge. (+ Sgt. Doakes' shooting, under bridge.) [L.A.]

14:13: [establishing shot]  Click here.

14:17: Dade City neighborhood - (aerial intro). (5500 block of E. Rolanda Street, in Long Beach, CA) [L.A.]

14:29: Dade City house Dexter inherits from his biological father. (+ 33:47, 49:30) [L.A.]

14:51: Old lady's house across the street. (+ 37:38, 51:30) [L.A.]

43:13: Bowling alley (where Dexter & Rudy dump his father's ashes). [L.A.]





Episode 10 - "Seeing Red":


06:02: "Marina View Hotel" with room full of blood. (+ 6:51, 9:47) [L.A.]

09:55: [establishing shot]   Click here.

09:57: Rita's "Z Hotel" again.

23:03: Rita's Ex-husband's (Paul Bennett) motel. [L.A.]

24:33: Dexter's Apartment. (+ 26:22, 31:41) [Miami]

40:07: [establishing shot]  Click here.

45:58: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) house & neighbor's house. [L.A.]

47:19: [establishing shot]  Click here.





Episode 11 - "Truth Be Told":


05:35: [establishing shot]  Click here.

11:07: Villain's lair. (+ 44:17) [L.A.]

15:41: "Santa's Land" (murder scene). (+18:53, 19:10) [L.A.]

20:49: Beachside lunch spot (Dexter & Deb, joined by Rudy). [L.A.]


29:38: Camilla's house (the record-room lady).

32:00: Cody's playground swings (where they find runaway Cody). [L.A.]

38:19: [establishing shot]  Click here.

42:57: Rudy's yacht, docked at the "Miami Marina". (+ 45:18 at night) [L.A.]

52:29: Police Station (exterior).





Episode 12 - "Born Free":


03:57: Rudy's dock.  (Dexter searching for Debra)  [L.A.]

07:42: [establishing shot]  Click here.

09:33: Dexter's Apartment (outside view through front doorway). [a studio set] (+ 44:53)

13:58: Cargo containers / docks. (searching for kidnapped sister) Fireboat house visible at 14:33. [L.A.]

17:42: Street where "Ice Truck Killer" stops to check on victim in trunk. "Prisk" mural seen at 17:47. [L.A.]

18:07: The Villain's Lair. (police searching it) (+ 21:45) [L.A.]

20:25: Rita's house. (+ 42:11, 52:52) [L.A.]


26:13: Biological mother's home. (+) [L.A.] (Dexter's childhood mystery solved.)

50:58: [establishing shot]  Click here.

54:06: Ending Fantasy Sequence / celebration (beach & outside Villain's lair). [L.A.]



After each location (except for establishing shots), I have put either a [Miami] or an [L.A.] tag
to indicate whether the scenes were shot on location in Florida or in Southern California.
You will notice that episode six seems to mark a transition from the east coast to the west.

 Before episode six, most of the locations shots were done in Miami.
After episode six, all of them were filmed in the Los Angeles area.