 Principal photography of Die Another Day began on 11 January 2002 at <unk> studios . The film was shot primarily in the United Kingdom , Iceland , and <unk> , Spain . Other locations included <unk> Studios ' <unk> Stage and Maui , Hawaii , in December 2001 . Laird Hamilton , Dave <unk> , and <unk> <unk> performed the pre @-@ title surfing scene at the surf break known as <unk> in <unk> , Maui , while the shore shots were taken near <unk> and <unk> , Cornwall . Scenes inside Graves ' diamond mine were also filmed in Cornwall , at the Eden Project . The scenes involving the Cuban locations of Havana and the fictional <unk> de Los <unk> were filmed at La <unk> , Spain . 
