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A. This is Ocean Blvd, the main street that runs along the coast of Long Beach, CA. For most of this scene, they are driving southeast (away from downtown Long Beach, and towards the peninsula). But since they wanted to show the beach behind both Dexter and Hannah, they shot Dex's scenes headed the other direction (northwest) on the same street. But Ocean Blvd is a long street, running the length of the Long Beach coastline. So, where, exactly, on Ocean Blvd were they?
Here are some matching screencaps and Google StreetViews:
This opening beach panorama was shot looking back west/southwest from E. Ocean Blvd near La Verne
(What you're seeing on the horizon are the freight elevators at the Port of Long Beach.) Next, the camera swings to the northwest, and zooms to show a couple of buildings on the beach:
Here is a matching Google StreetView:
The building on the right is a beach house at 5116 E. Ocean (near Granada). The building on the left is government/beach property at 5000 E. Ocean (probably restrooms, although I'm not sure). Look out the window in this next shot, and you'll see a red sign, a blue sign, and several yellow concrete posts. They shot this on Ocean Blvd at Claremont Place (roughly 5376 E. Ocean), close to Bayshore Park, about half a mile southeast of that opening beach shot. ![]() Here is a matching Google StreetView: The angle isn't perfect, but you can see both signs. It's the entrance to a beach parking lot, and the red sign is: "Warning: Severe Tire Damage". [Here's an even better view from Bing.] Finally, there's the scene where the biker cuts them off: ![]() Here is a matching Google StreetView: This was shot heading southeast on the Long Beach peninsula, around 5514 E. Ocean, just west of Deb's beach house. In fact, you can see Deb's place in the photo above. (It's the light tan house on the right.) Finally, they tried to fake us out with this shot: ![]() But that is just an establishing shot they got in Florida. But just for the record, it was shot on the 1400 block of Brickell Bay Drive, in Miami. Here's a matching Google StreetView: Here is an aerial photo of the route. And here is a map link.
Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was? A. In the early seasons, I usually had to hunt down the locations after viewing the episodes,
using clues from the various scenes. By the now, though,
I've developed a small group of fans, spies & tipsters who kept an
eye out for Dexter filming in their neighborhoods, and would let me know
in advance when something was about to film there. This time, I
didn't need any help. I can't imagine how many times I've driven Ocean
Blvd, so I knew it when I saw it. The only challenge was tracking
down the exact spots on Ocean to match the screencaps.
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