Tony Wakeford can't wait to join the Manly Beach Surf Club, until he learns from his elder brother Hugh that hard work and sacrifice go hand-in-hand with the thrills and excitement of surf club life. This doesn't suit lazy, easy-going Tony. But while the brothers are still arguing about it, a change in family arrangements brings them a bigger problem to face. Trying to solve it they are unexpectedly caught up in the formation of a new surf club