Maps of Movies

The Meg (2018)

Where The Meg says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The ocean in The Meg was mostly New Zealand, and the beach was in China

Scenes and places

The sub rescue that goes wrong

Jonas races to save a damaged submarine's crew while something rams its hull. He has to leave two men behind, and nobody believes what he saw.

Set in Pacific Ocean, rescue sub (location not named) — A rescue dive on a damaged nuclear submarine ends with Jonas fleeing something unseen.

The film does not name where this first rescue takes place.

Mana One, the deep-sea station

Morris arrives to see what his money has built. Dr. Zhang and Suyin show off the station and prepare a dive.

Set in Mana One — Billionaire Jack Morris tours the research station he is funding.

A fictional underwater research facility; the film's plot gives no real position for it.

Diving below the thermocline

Lori, Toshi and The Wall descend past the thermocline into unexplored water. A huge creature attacks and traps their submersible.

Set in Mariana Trench — The crew dives through a cloud of hydrogen sulfide into a warmer zone nobody has seen.

Coordinates are the Mariana Trench's general position, not the exact dive site.

Recruiting Jonas in Thailand

Zhang and Mac find Jonas and ask him to come back. He has to decide whether to face what he left behind.

Set in Thailand (where Jonas lives) — Zhang and Mac travel to recruit Jonas, now living as a loner.

The film places Jonas in Thailand; no town is named in the plot.

The squid and the shark

Suyin tries to reach the trapped crew herself. A giant squid grabs her vehicle, and something much bigger arrives.

Set in Sea near Mana One — Suyin's rescue attempt is attacked by a giant squid, which an enormous shark then kills.

A sea scene with no real-world position given.

The Meg meets a whale

The crew watches the Meg take on a whale. It shows them how powerful the animal they are hunting really is.

Set in Pacific Ocean off the coast of China — The Meg and a whale meet in open water.

The film sets this at sea off China; the production filmed it in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland.

Filmed at Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand — Used as the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China for the Megalodon vs. whale encounter.

How to get there:

The shark cage chase

Suyin gets into a shark-proof tank to chase the Meg and shoot it with poison. Jonas has already tagged the animal so they can follow it.

Set in Open sea, shark-proof tank — Suyin enters a shark-proof tank to shoot the Meg with poison.

The Poor Knights coordinates are the reserve's general position; the film places the scene at sea.

Filmed at Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand — Four days of filming for a scene with a character inside a shark tank in pursuit of the Megalodon.

How to get there:

Sanya Bay beach

With the shark heading for a packed beach, the crew has to get there first. The authorities won't help, so they build their own plan.

Set in Sanya Bay, Hainan — The Meg heads for a crowded beach in Sanya Bay.

One of the most famous, densely visited beaches in China.

Filmed at Sanya Bay, Hainan, China — Filming ended in Sanya, Hainan. Sanya Bay is named by one magazine as a China location.

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Characters

• Jonas Taylor — A rescue diver who left two crew behind and was dismissed as psychotic.
• Suyin — Dr. Zhang's oceanographer daughter who supervises the Mana One mission.