While in junior lifeguard training camp, Hobie meets and falls for a terminally ill junior lifeguard girl, named Lauren, who Hobie tries to win her affections by taking her to a part of the beach known as Lover's Cove to get attached to her. Meanwhile, Summer feels an increasing attraction to Matt while her mother, Jackie, is now dating Mitch.—Anonymous
While Mitch dates Jackie Quinn, who now runs the beach diner, homeless Matt and her daughter Summer fall in love, causing tension with his female house-mates. Hobie gets a crush on fellow junior lifeguard summer course student Lauren Taylor before her mother Mary tells Mitch that she's only temporary in Malibu, as part of a wish foundation program for terminally ill kids. Hobie decides to treat her to a romantic trip to Lover's Cove, but that's a dangerous site for two kids.—KGF Vissers