On New Year's Day thousands descend on the beach, lifeguards deal with drunk people including one who really doesn't want to get out of the water. When Harries is alerted to a baby not breathing in the car park, he is faced with the biggest challenge of his 28-year career.
A Swedish tourist comes off second best while showing off his backflipping skills. After a girl is rushed to the tower suffering an anaphylactic shock, Jackson must administer the EpiPen. Lifeguards reap the rewards after Chase and Max land two huge fish onto their jetskis.
On the first sunny day of December, one man falls off the jetski rescue mat unnoticed. A dance party with 3000 backpackers behind the lifeguard tower results in numerous drug and alcohol-related issues. As the crowd swells to 40,010, head lifeguard Hoppo must decide whether to clear the water.
The lifeguards are alarmed when they spot an aggressive beachgoer wielding a knife. They decide to take the beach buggy to chase him down.
Lifeguards conduct an experiment with dangerous current signs, attaching stickers offering cash rewards for those who read the signs. After 4 days no one has collected any money, and lifeguards rescue a whole family directly in front of the signs.
Bondi's young guns race out for a number of mass rescues. And to fully initiate the new trainee in to the team, the veterans play a prank on Harrison - when they task him with counting the number of people on the beach.
Harrison sees 2 girls drowning in Backpackers rip. Film students unintentionally capture their own drowning on a GoPro. Maxi pursues a bag thief on Bondi's main road, and Harries experiments with bagpipes. Lifeguards engage in a discussion with Australian war hero and double amputee Damien Thomlinson.
Huge waves hit Bondi, leading Bisho to perform a cliff-face rescue with just flippers and a rescue tube. Trainee Taco faces consequences for rookie errors but earns redemption with the rescue of the season as a woman is caught beyond the waves in enormous surf.
In soaring temperatures, a 2-year-old girl is trapped in a locked car. A mother and daughter are saved by a man who can barely swim himself. Lifeguards catch a bag thief, who sends them on a chase. Harrison must improvise for equipment when he spots swimmers going under after pack-up time.
It's pack up time and Chappo sees a swimmer struggling to keep their head above water. Without a rescue board, Chappo sprints down the beach and dives into the water. Bagus doesn't want other lifeguards knowing he is participating in a nude photo shoot with two and half thousand other people.
A man with a deep stab wound to his leg is unable to tell Terry and Deano just how it happened. Following a collision, a bodysurfer is brought to shore with no feeling in his arms or legs. And Yatesy looks for the parents of a three year old boy sporting an enormous mullet hair cut.
In the most powerful episode ever, two people from the same family drown. The remaining family members watch as lifeguards attempt to resuscitate them, marking a crisis not faced by lifeguards since 1939.
When a backpacker has a violent seizure for over 15 minutes, team leader Beardy fears long-term consequences. In the water, Sam attempts a daring move during a dangerous rescue, while fellow rookie Luke swallows his pride after an embarrassing blunder.
Bra Boy Jesse rescues a vicious rat from the skate bowl, lifeguards play detectives after a punch-up in the surf break, and Harries swims more than a kilometre out to sea. None of this is in the lifeguard manual, but the boys tackle it with lifeguard ingenuity and a healthy dose of humour.
Bondi is never more dangerous than on big surf days. Chappo rushes in for a life and death rescue in the monster swells, but things don't go as planned. Later lifeguards go head to head - including new trainees Glick and Jethro - for the biggest ride of summer.
A car free falls off a ledge onto a busy walking track. A man harassing women on the beach flees from police, who require a helicopter, boat and jetski to catch him. Joel enlists his ironman champion brother, Matt Bevilacqua, to aid him in the Annual Lifeguard Race.
Christmas time and North Bondi becomes the North Pole as reindeers join Santa for a beach visit. Though it's not all happy holidays for a young local boy who suffers a serious accident in the skate bowl. And the festive spirit turns deadly with a nasty combination of alcohol and surf.
Lifeguards search for a couple who have been washed off rocks by a large wave. Joel rescues a family of four in the flagged area. Lifeguards compete in a fast-paced race in big swells. Seeking an edge, Joel, Jules, and Jethro undergo secret training with professional Iron Men and Women.
Cyclonic swell hits Bondi Beach with 12-foot waves, posing a significant challenge for Harries during a board rescue off Ben Buckler. In addition to the man in danger, H intervenes to lecture drunken youths burying beer bottles in the sand. New drone life vest technology is tested at Bondi Beach.
Tragedy unfolds as a Chinese backpacker is left comatose after-hours. A father loses his son in a massive crowd. Lifeguards struggle communicating with the distressed Cambodian man. Former ironman Kailan Collins shares the details of his rare injury for the first time in seventeen years.