Christmas Eve and day are traditionally extremely busy on Bondi and this year is even worse. Especially tourists and drunks get into trouble by the dozens. Many lifeguards generously sacrifice their own family merriment, seeking some compensation together and with free seasonal beach entertainment. Yates even dresses up as Santa. They all stay hours after their official shifts, knowing drowning can't be prevented otherwise.
Bondi faces its wettest, coldest Christmas in decades. Santa Yates surfs, skateboards and break-dances, only a day earlier, before the crowd flees. Playful recruit Taco (18) still pays his dues and is trained, with Maxi as mentor. Reidy and swimming champion Spot Anderson are mistakenly believed in need of rescue.
The Bondi six start their second day on Kuta beach, five times as large as Bondi, the Balinese way, which includes a spicy diet, push-ups for latecomers and dance-like calisthenics. Although not yet familiar with the beach, they start rescuing. As they find all equipment inadequate and/or scarce, from communication to boards and medical supplies, Kerrbox gets a long shopping list. Deano likes the Kuta rookie Made enough to re-dub him Maxi after his own playful dancing Benjamin. Chappo gets squeamish during a visit to the local market, due to the bloodily dismembered animals. Chappo considers a local curiosity, 'scorpion' acrobatics while surfing, a challenge, but he nor Deano can pull it off, unlike the Balinese.
