Which U.S. state served as the main production base for Outer Banks Season 5?

South Carolina served as the main production base for Outer Banks Season 5.

The show is named after North Carolina’s Outer Banks and is set in a fictional community in that region. However, the production has primarily used locations in South Carolina, especially around Charleston, to create the series’ beaches, docks, neighborhoods, waterways, and interiors.

This distinction between story setting and filming location is one of the most common facts associated with Outer Banks. Viewers may assume that a show set in North Carolina was filmed there, but television productions often use nearby places that provide suitable scenery, crews, studios, and production infrastructure.

Season 5 continued the established production pattern. Although some scenes were filmed overseas, Charleston and the wider South Carolina area remained the central base for the final season’s production work.