'' Lost '' was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu given the easily accessible , wide diversity of filming locations . The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē ' ia Beach , near the northwest tip of the island . Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of the famous North Shore . Cave scenes in the first season were filmed on a sound stage built at a Xerox parts warehouse , which had been empty since an employee mass shooting took place there in 1999 . In 2006 , the sound-stage and production offices moved to the Hawaii Film Office-operated Hawaii Film Studio , where the sets depicting Season 2 's " Swan Station " and Season 3 's " Hydra Station " interiors were built
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