At the famed Surfer's Paradise Resort, six teenage groms will spend their first summer away from home, work the hardest they've ever worked in their lives and, most importantly, have the opportunity to surf the epic waters on their days off.
Lo runs into Curtis, a guy she dated last summer but dumped him because he wasn't cute enough. Later it is revealed that he is going out with Fin. Lo introduces Reef as her boyfriend to make Curtis jealous (even though Reef and she aren't dating; Lo later bribes Reef into it by saying she'll get him his own mini-fridge), but Curtis proposes that he and Fin, along with Lo and Reef go on a double date.
He creates a surfing simulator video game so he can find more time to surf while still teaching his students, but his scheme backfires when the game becomes popular and it leads to him getting fired by Bummer.
Tired of scrubbing toilets, Fin applies for a job at Captain Ron's. Reef finds out and tries everything to destroy Fin's chances at getting the job.
Fin and Reef compete to see who will become special surf advisor to a hot young Hollywood star. But their plans go awry when the hunk chooses Broseph as his advisor and proceeds to steal Broseph's identity one step at at time.
Reef and Broseph smell a way to make money based on the town's most popular food stuff: Beaver Tails. Meanwhile, Lo thinks she is starting to look pale like Emma, so she buys a tanning product that makes her smell like bacon and has to be reapplied every 20 minutes or she turns orange.
When Lo sees Ty cleaning up after a littering surfer over Kelly's objections, she helps Emma by setting her up with Ty for beach clean-up duty, prompting a jealous Kelly to interfere. Meanwhile, Reef, Fin, Broseph and Johnny try to find a way to skip work and catch some waves.
Lo and Reef struggle to keep their new romantic relationship a secret from their friends amid several close calls. Johnny sets up a spy camera to see what the waves are like. But, later shows Lo and Reef making out, causing it to become a local television show That's So Reef and Lo.
On a stormy night, Reef gets freaked out when he sees three mysterious figures outside the staff house and suspects that they are vampires.
The groms believe that Broseph has become psychic and developed the ability to predict the location and size of waves, not knowing that one of Mr. Grizzle's hearing aids has become lodged in Broseph's afro. Meanwhile, Reef is out-surfed by two of his students – little boys.
Fin gets annoyed with Reef's new relationship with Lo and tries to compete against her to see who Reef really likes the most. Meanwhile, Bummer wants Emma and Broseph to get rid of the mother turtle making babies on the beach, but causes trouble when all the baby turtles are missing in the hotel.
The guys find an awesome pair of boardshorts at the surf shop and pool their money to buy them.
Fearing lawsuits from injured guests, Bummer creates a hotel safety patrol and makes all the groms join up.
A hurricane hits Surfer's Paradise resort and the groms get left behind.
Lo reinvents Reef to show her father that he is worthy. Johnny teaches Broseph how to drive the Whale Bus so he can impress a girl.
Ripper takes sick leave, and Broseph takes over his life saving tower. The other groms pretend that the staff house is the resort to pocket the money of guests.
Meanwhile, Emma tries on a wetsiut belonging to a famous guest who is staying at the hotel, but gets stuck and can't take it off.
Bummer falls in love with Chrissy, a guest at the hotel, but he won't ask her out, because it would violate his "No Dating the Guest" rule. The groms decide to play matchmaker.
Broseph eats a sandwich that makes him sick. Johnny makes lots of bets.
Gromfest is coming up, and Fin is in full training mode, but there is an unexpected challenger for her crown: Emma.
Lo decides to go vegetarian, and threatens to dump Reef if he doesn't join her. Unfortunately, Reef is a major meat-eater, and his friends Johnny and Broseph are tempting him with delicious meat from a local hot dog festival.
A thief stalks Surfer's Paradise, and Bummer wants Johnny and Broseph to hunt him down. Meanwhile, Reef, who is normally broke, suddenly seems to have lots of money.
Bummer decides to make the hotel more exciting by throwing a talent contest featuring the staff. The winner gets a four day weekend, but to get it, they'll have to put on an amazing original show of talent.
After a series of unfortunate mishaps, the groms finally get fed up with their living conditions in the old staff house and declare a strike.
The guys get a rare weekend off, and Reef decides they'll take a "Manly Dude" weekend, to "get in touch with their inner dude." However, Fin overhears their plans and wants to join the guys.
Mr. Ridgemount is tired of Lo dating a surf bum, so he bribes her with a brand new car if she'll dump Reef. When Lo takes the car but keeps seeing Reef, Mr. R vows to fire him.
It is time for Gromfest, the biggest teen surf competition on the West Coast. Everyone's excited to participate, except for Johnny, who has to take care of Bummer, who is sick.
