Blue Lagoon??

[jasonX5]

Okay, I watched the movie Blue Lagoon for the first time this weekend. First off Brooke Shields was pretty hot at the time. Anyways, does anyone know where the movie was filmed?? The topside was awesome with tons of great reef shots. I'm guessing somewhere in the South Pacific i.e. Moorea, Tahiti, Bora Bora. Does anyone know the location??? I've been looking for a new place to go and I would definitely go to where this movie was filmed. The movie was made in 1980 (25 years ago) I just hope a lot hasn't changed since that time. Props to anyone that knows!!!!

 

[wardric]

You are absolutely right, she was Hot

dont know where it was filmed though, maybe a google search would help

 

[robbcayman]

Too funny, my fiance and I saw the movie on HBO this weekend and we're trying to figure out where it was filmed. Your probably right about the South Pacific.

 

[Lisa0825]

I didn't see a setting mentioned on IMDB. That's usually my first stop for movie info.

 

[timle]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080453/locations

Has this info:

Filming Locations for
The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Blue Lagoon, Port Antonio, Jamaica
Nanuya Levu Island, Fiji
Olu Deniz, Turkey
Turtle Island, Fiji

 

[Rick Inman]

I was gonna say, Universal Studios... but, it looks like HERE was the place (see the 25 year Blue Lagoon Anniversary at the top).

 

[Lisa0825]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080453/locations

Has this info:

Filming Locations for
The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Blue Lagoon, Port Antonio, Jamaica
Nanuya Levu Island, Fiji
Olu Deniz, Turkey
Turtle Island, Fiji

Where did you find the link for locations? I didn't see it.

Thanks


edited: nevermind... found it... way down the list of links on the left.

 

[Deus]

Thats looks incredible!

 

[jasonX5]

I was gonna say, Universal Studios... but, it looks like HERE was the place (see the 25 year Blue Lagoon Anniversary at the top).

Thanks for finding that. That place looks incredible but the price seems farily high $2k a night. I'll be saving for some time but I definitely want to go. Thanks again

 

[Jamdiver]

Blurb from my trip report that I wrote about some dives that I did a few weeks ago.
Our launch point was right beside the blue lagoon and we spent part of our surface interval swimming in the waters there....

BTW Jason as I mentioned in the trip report it is pretty beautiful over there, stunning blah blah.
But the villas right by the lagoon are pretty pricey, hundreds of US$ per night.
However they're lots of others places to stay nearby in Port Antoino and San San that don't cost anywhere near as much.

Trip report, goes into a bit more detail of the area Portland and some other stuff.
http://dive.scubadiving.com/members/tripreports.php?s=3168

Blue lagoon info

The early history of the Blue Lagoon is sparse. With a narrow channel open to the sea, it was a safe haven from bad weather and a look-out point for pirates. It was originally called Mallard's Hole after a notorious sea captain. At the turn of the century it was owned by the Fishers, who built a house close to the edge of the Lagoon. Their graves are on the property. Sometime in the 1950's it was bought by Robin Moore, author of the thrilling suspense novels, French Connection, Green Berets and 90 Minutes from Entebbe. Since 1979 the property has been owned by the Marzouca family.

After the dive we decided to take a dip in the Lagoon. The lagoon is said by some to be the crater of an extinct volcano, some say it’s bottomless. In reality it’s 55m (180ft) deep.
Deep enough for me!
The lagoon itself is almost a cove and has brackish water that’s fed by water from the mineral spring, high in salinity, magnesium and potassium that has found its way through the subterranean caverns and also by seawater that laps over the reef into it. The temperature of the water can move from warm to almost icy cold in just a few feet due to the freshwater input. On most days the interaction of the fresh and saltwater is seen as shimmering haloclines near the surface.
I’ve actually done a short dive in it, the water’s chilly, visibility is poor and had me wishing that I was wearing a thicker wetsuit. No one goes there to dive though it’s to swim in the turquoise green waters. However it has its uses, Jamaican David Lee a free diver, used to use the lagoon for training and set a world record that stood for some time.
So after splashing around a bit and saying stuff like we’re in the same water as Brooke Shields and countless other celebrities it was time to head for lunch.

Entrance to Blue lagoon by land.

Some of the villas nearby