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Mokuleia Beach

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1 Location
2 The Lost Set
3 Trivia
4 External links

Location

Mokuleia beach at Oahu island, Hawaii

Mokuleia Beach borders some of the last undeveloped sections of shoreline on Oahu.

To get to Mokuleia Beach, travel north toward Haleiwa from central Oahu on Highway 99 (Kamehameha Highway), then take the exit for Farrington Highway (Highway 930), which will be headed West. Soon Dillingham Airfield will be visible on the left. As the vegetation on the right ends, Mokuleia Beach Park will become visible. These beacheswere the locations for principal shooting of Season 1 and the mountain profile is recognizable in "Pilot, Part 1". Farther west down the road are the beaches filmed for the tail section's crash site. Season 2 beach scenes, such as the survivor's camp, were filmed at Police Beach near Haleiwa.

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The Lost Set

Mokuleia was the site of the Oceanic Flight 815 plane crash in "Pilot, Part 1". The beach is near the end of the pavemented road, as the beach extends down to Kaena Point, which is the westernmost tip of the Island of Oahu. During the Pilot episodes and until they left Mokuleia, the set was kept there 24/7. The road would be covered in beach sand to extend the set back as far as possible. During filming, no traffic was allowed on the road but released between takes. This gave bystanders a chance to see the set.

Mokuleia beach was used during the entire first Season until the nearing of the winter months, although a slightly different part of the beach was used to depict the wreckage for episodes after the pilot. During the winter months, the tides around Mokuleia and the north shore become huge. This created the threat of high tides and ever encroaching waters on the Fuselage. The cast and crew were forced to relocate to the new beach site at Haleiwa for fear that the set would be swept into the ocean.

Trivia

Many times the police department received calls from panicking citizens about "a terrible plane crash" at Mokuleia. After dozens of "plane crash sightings" were reported, a sign was erected to indicate the crash was in fact a television set. (Source: Season 1 DVD special features)