When Mitch and Buzz doesn't come back, Hobie and Kyle become worried and tells Stephanie about it. She alerts the Coast Guard who finds the boat but not Mitch and Buzz. At sunrise, she and C.J. go out in the scarab and they find Mitch and Buzz just before they are about to reach dry land. They are both taken to the hospital, where they recover. Buzz's heart doesn't need a surgery, but it could have ended up pretty bad. When Buzz finally wakes up, he tells Mitch that all he could think of out there was Kyle, and that's why he has decided to take care of him.
This long-running series follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards on the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County. Veteran lifeguard Mitch Buchannon watches over the younger lifeguards that come and go with each passing season as they keep the beaches safe for vacationers. Frequently he must take action to save them from the raging seas and from the raging tempers that sometimes flare up between the young guards in this stressful job.