In a typical Australian beachside suburb climate change can no longer be ignored Constant storms have already damaged Bomboras coastline and no end is in sight When rising tides force quotVagaquot the beloved beachfront restaurant to finally close it is seen as a grim omen Community rifts deepen old friends clash and some flee the idyllic suburb for safer ground while others stand firm defying the increasingly erratic weatherMick a charismatic local figure faces a family crisis as he grapples with the impending threat A chance encounter with Renata an old schoolmate and her son Guil a local surfer forges an improbable alliance As a menacing storm looms on the horizon Mick and Guil rally Guils surfer friends to form a ragtag quottinnie armyquot When the tempest strikes with unrelenting force it triggers a chain of events that will alter their lives forever