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Blue Water High
It's the start of a new year at Solar Blue Surf Academy and Fly is back to help out Simmo whilst she completes school. Six new students will be accepted, with the help of Bec, Heath and Fly.
It's the first official day of training and because everyone performs so well, Simmo gives them the rest of the day off. Amy's idea for a picnic is the perfect oppurtunity for everyone to get to know each other.
The Solar Blue team are off to their first day of school. After just one day, the three girls already have dates, but they soon discover that their boyfriends have other things on their mind. Meanwhile, Heath devises a system for working around the house, but he gets stressed when nobody likes his new idea.
Simmo introduces the score board to the team. Heath devises a new plan for the household chores. Corey and Rachel have an argument about science versus nature principal. Corey believes that science can tell him when and where to take the perfect wave. Rachel believes that people should just go with their own instict. Corey plans his perfect wave for an upcoming competition using his science knowledge.
Eric has a crush on Juliet, a girl at school and enlists the help of Amy to give him a few tips on communicating with girls. Meanwhile, Brooke's surfing is suffering and she asks Simmo if she can do bodyboarding. She is denied, so Brooke runs off to a bodyboarding competition without the permission of Simmo.
Fly tries teaching basic fitness techniques to the team, but they are not participating to the best of their ability. Simmo is angry that the kids aren't following Fly's advice, so he organises a surfing competition that sets Fly against this year's entire Solar Blue surfing team. Meanwhile, Heath goes for a job position as the junior photographer for Stax Magazine.
Rachel discovers that she is falling for Mike. Her feelings put her in the face of danger when she gets stuck while abseiling. Fly goes off to her first competition on the pro tour.
Eric scores big money after being offered the chance to be on the front cover of Stax Magazine. Eric uses the money to buy himself a new surfboard. But he loses the board while testing it out, and he is unsure how he is going to repay the shop. To make matters worse, he is now broke and he is unsure how to tell Amy that he likes her.
Annette organises a beauty contest to raise money to get better gym equipment. The Solar Blue girls think the idea of beauty contest is sexist, and will not participate in the fundraising. But Corey drops a bombshell when he reveals that he will be taking part in the contest. Will this beauty contest threaten his newly-found relationship with Rachel?
Brooke proposes that Mike should get some lessons in improving his dancing skills. After a week of dance training, will Mike be ready to perform the tango in front of the whole class?
After the house suffers a plumbing problem, Simmo takes the team down to the South Coast to have some fun. Eric tries to stop everyone visiting his mum, but Amy secretly visits her and discovers a huge secret.
Brooke's relationship with Mike is on the rocks when her surfing begins to get worse, and a young girl becomes obsessed with Amy and her surfing.
There is trouble on Blue Water Beach when a group of local boys continually taunt the Solar Blue team whilst training. The leader of the group, Troy, wants Solar Blue off the beach. Meanwhile, Eric and Amy strike up a friendship with young surfer Nat and help her improve her surfing skills. Eric wants to make peace with the group of rebels, so he tries to reason with them but this leads to a devesating accident.
Eric and Amy's relationship is on the rocks. Amy feels Eric is taking her for granted and suggests their relationship should be more casual. There is a special ball coming up on the weekend and Simmo reveals a magazine will be sending a photographer to do a fashion shoot with the Solar Blue team before the event.
It's well into the year at Solar Blue and Eric has mastered the art of slacking off. After a stupid stunt with a training helmet Simmo decides it's high time that he and Eric have a chat. When Amy overhears a conversation between Simmo and Eric she believes Eric is on the way out of Solar Blue.
Amy gets a big surprise when her wealthy parents, Ray and Linda, arrive from the Gold Coast for a surprise visit. Eric lets it slip to Amy that his birthday is coming up on Saturday. Amy, being a party girl, does not intend to let this go by and organises a surprise birthday lunch. On the morning of the surprise party Ray and Linda have a surprise for Eric and whisk him and Amy away on a seaplane flight. Unfortunately the plane has mechanical problems and the group are delayed in their return.
Everyone is surprised at the return of Edge. They discover that Edge has been giving himself a bad name in the surfing world. The boys are eager to surf against Edge in a local competition, but he does a runner when it comes to the final. When Edge is finally tracked down he reveals that he is quitting surfing in comps.
Rivalry is put in motion when a friendly competition destroys Brooke's friendship with Rachel. After Brooke and Mike took a break from their relationship, Brooke begins to feel jealous of Rachel's time with Mike. She leads herself to believe that Rachel has feelings for Mike. When Brooke ruins Rachel's chance at winning the surfing competition, conflict arises which could ruin Brooke's future life in the house with Rachel and Mike.
Sparks fly when tension in the house begins to explode. Used to living as an only child, Mike starts to get angry at the lack of space in the house. When he deliberately destroys Corey's huge house of cards, a huge fight breaks out between Corey and Mike. So Simmo organises a bonding weekend at an outdoor adventure park to bring the group back together. Mike and Corey are teamed up, and all hell breaks loose.
It's only eight weeks until the final surf off and Rachel's peaking. She's totally focused and surfing up a storm. Just when everything seems perfect, Rachel's brother Jay arrives with some bad news. The family business is struggling and they need her help. In a shocking decision, Rachel decides to quit Solar Blue.
