Outer Banks season 4 filming locations blend real North Carolina and South Carolina coastal landmarks for vivid, cinematic adventure.

As a fan who has spent hours tracing the sandy barrier islands and whispering marsh creeks on screen, I have always been intrigued by how Outer Banks stitches its fictional adventure into actual geography. In season 4, the producers lean even harder into real-world textures: some moments were shot in North Carolina, many core scenes stayed in South Carolina, and the final episodes leap across the Atlantic to Morocco. Revisiting these episodes in 2026, I am still impressed by how the production blends genuine coastal landmarks with cinematic invention. Below is my personal tour of the places that made the Blackbeard treasure hunt feel so vivid.

Poguelandia 2.0 near Charleston

When the Pogues turn their El Dorado gold into a communal waterfront compound, the show names it Poguelandia 2.0, but the production actually constructed the surf shop and dock set near Charleston, South Carolina. Series lead Chase Stokes helped build the structure, and the surrounding salt flats, tidal guts, and live oaks reflect the Lowcountry rather than the true Outer Banks. Surf shops, bait shops, and weathered docks are everyday landmarks in that region, which makes the set feel believable. That Lowcountry atmosphere gives the group's working-class rebirth a grounded, humid, slightly ramshackle charm.

The Enduro race and Kure Beach

For the Enduro motorcycle race, I love that the shoreline footage was captured at Kure Beach inside Fort Fisher State Recreation Area in North Carolina. The horizon there is wide and wind-battered, perfect for JJ Maybank's reckless bet against the Kooks. The wooded race segments were filmed on Copperhead Ranch in Rocky Point, North Carolina, giving the route a rough, sandy backcountry rhythm. Losing the last piece of gold on that beach sets up the group's vulnerability and raises the stakes for Poguelandia 2.0.

Scene or Setting	Real Filming Location
Poguelandia 2.0 and surf shop	Near Charleston, South Carolina
Enduro beach race	Kure Beach, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, North Carolina
Enduro woodland race	Copperhead Ranch, Rocky Point, North Carolina
Blackstone Manor exterior	Admiral's House, Quarter G, Charleston
Hyperbaric chamber hospital	May Forest State Park, Charleston
Catacomb and church clues	Old Exchange Building, Unitarian Church, Circular Congregational Church, Charleston
Moroccan beach arrival	Cap Hadid, Morocco
Agapenta desert city	Ouarzazate, Morocco

Blackstone Manor and Charleston landmarks

The mysterious Blackstone Manor, home of the haunted Wes Genrette, was filmed at the Admiral's House in Quarter G of Charleston, a genuine historical landmark. I think the house's faded grandeur and colonial symmetry do a lot of quiet storytelling: the Genrette family curse, the lost amulet, and Blackbeard's ghost all feel rooted in the kind of place where history clings to the bricks. Charleston also supplied the hospital interiors for the decompression sickness sequence. The hyperbaric chamber scenes were shot inside a facility at May Forest State Park, close enough to other Charleston sets to keep the urgent drives from Poguelandia coherent.

The treasure clues scattered around Charleston's historic core

When Pope's research sends the group through Charleston, the show uses several neighboring landmarks. The catacomb trap where Sarah and Pope are sealed in was filmed at the Old Exchange Building, also called the Provost. The interior scene with Sarah and Cleo distracting a priest was shot at Unitarian Church, while the graveyard exterior where John B. finds an ancestor's grave was filmed at Circular Congregational Church. Using these close-set locations gives the treasure quest a dense, scavenger-hunt feeling across real cobblestone streets and shaded churchyards.

Hospital scene and decompression sickness

Underwater treasure hunting has consequences. When JJ and Kiara surface too quickly, they experience the bends, or decompression sickness, as dissolved gases such as nitrogen form bubbles in the bloodstream and tissues. Their hours-long treatment inside a hyperbaric chamber was shot in a Charleston-area medical setting within May Forest State Park. I appreciate that the show anchored this medical emergency near the same coastal geography as Poguelandia, preserving visual continuity even as the characters speed toward Charleston.

Across the Atlantic to Morocco

The season's final stretch is a full geographic pivot. After the initial boat trouble off the South Carolina coast, the story lands the Pogues on Cap Hadid, a real beach in Morocco. From there, the search for the Blue Crown moves to Essaouira, a coastal city once named Mogador, which the show references through the Mogador Scroll. The old stone lanes, fortified walls, and Atlantic light in Essaouira make the Morocco sequences feel less like a set and more like an actual port of intrigue.

Agapenta and Ouarzazate

Agapenta, the fictional city where the race for the Blue Crown intensifies, was created for the series, but its scenes were shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. That city sits near the edge of the Sahara and is often called the door to the desert. The production spent six weeks there, using its sand-blown architecture and cinematic light to stand in for a remote desert settlement. Morocco's film history is deep, from classics like Casablanca to Game of Thrones and The Witcher, so Outer Banks is joining a long tradition of using the country's versatile landscapes.

Final thoughts on season 5 potential

The season 4 finale teases Portugal, so I am curious whether the final chapter will combine more South Carolina sets with Portuguese coastal cities. The show has always been a patchwork of actual places pretending to be one small strip of North Carolina, and that collision is part of its charm. Even knowing the truth, I still hear the wind through the marsh grass differently now.