In the 11th season of the hit reality series, the boys and girl in blue, encounter bag thieves, street hoodlums, drug abuse and alcohol. They deal with sharks, resuscitations, cuts, broken bones, and thousands of rescues. For a few lifeguards, this is a first-time experience.

A tornado hits Bondi, but that doesn't stop a group of tourists hitting the beach and getting in serious danger. Plus, Glick offers some sage advise to Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull.

During the festive season, Bondi swells with international visitors. Swapping snowflakes for sunscreen, many of them are unaware that lifeguards do not patrol the beach after 7pm.

The sun is out, the waves are high and the crowds have descended on the world's most famous beach. A local Bondi surf photographer helps lifeguards save a Nepalese tourist, but the battle to keep him alive continues on the sand. During a search for a missing man, lifeguards spot a swimmer being held underwater by another man, who has panicked and is fighting for his life. It is operation jewellery rescue as the lifeguards search for a missing wedding ring.

Bondi's chiselled lifeguards get a run for their money when all-male-revue, Manpower Australia, make a surprise visit. A colourful Bondi local is found face down, unresponsive in the sand. Singlets races to a rescue in the buggy, but flocks of seagulls block the way, and he gets a surprise passenger.