Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

 is a movie of the Malibu Rescue series directed by Savage Steve Holland and written by Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas and starring Ricardo Hurtado, Breanna Yde, and Jackie R. Jacobson. It was released on Netflix on August 4, 2020, and it is preceded by Malibu Rescue – The Movie.

Summary
"As summer returns to Malibu, Team Flounder takes to the beach to host — and unexpectedly compete in — the International Beachmaster Competition."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Plot
A year after the events of the first film, Tower Two (Flounders) help rescue a man surrounded by sharks. This whole event is revealed to be a dream by Dylan, who fears getting attached to Tyler after seemingly developing a connection with him. Roger, who now leads the Junior Rescue program after Garvin's termination, reminds Tyler that Malibu is hosting the annual International Junior Rescue Competition that year. With the help of Lizzie, Gina, and Vooch, Tyler is able to sneak Eric out of summer school and places a dummy stowaway in his place. Arriving at Malibu Beach, the Flounders realize that they are gonna be serving food for the teams competing. Having had enough of team USA (Ashley, Spencer, Brody, Gooch, and Izzy), Tyler puts expired coleslaw in their meals, leading to the team being sent to the hospital with a severe case of food poisoning. Tyler hides this from the team. With no Team USA, Rogers deduces that they will not be able to win the competition a 5th time. He then reveals that due to low sign-ups to junior rescue, the program will be disbanded at the end of the year. Tyler then decides to take Team USA's place in hopes of saving the program, although the rest are not on board.

While watching videos of the past competitions, Tyler begins second guessing, although gets encouragement from Dylan; Gina volunteers to train the Flounders due to the fact that her father is an Iraq war veteran. The Flounders endure through several training exercises such as digging through sand, climbing Malibu cargo containers, and struggling with diffusing a firefighter water hose. The Flounders encounter Team Aussie (Australia) and are mocked after observing the Flounders struggling with putting out the hose. After Team Aussie's leader, Wayno, breaks a wrench in half, Tyler wonders if Team USA will really win the competition. Jeffy develops a crush on Sasha. During a training exercise, the Flounders see a couple whose canoe has flipped and are now drowning. Due to being entangled in ropes, The Aussies step in and save the couple, showing an intense rivalry forming between the two teams.

Gina decides to become harder on the team, while Eric and Lizzie's relationship struggle. Eric is left alone after unintentionally offending everyone. During a pep talk from Gina, the Aussies offend the Flounders while showing off during Training, leading to Gina apologizing to the team for being hard on everyone. The Flounders make up, but Tyler reveals he put the expired coleslaw on the plates, leading to him abandoning the team. Jeffy attempts to woo Sasha, but she rebuffs him. Tyler arrives at Brody's house and apologizes to him, but gives closure to Brody after revealing he had felt like he let everyone down. By insulting him, Tyler is inspired by Brody to never give up. On the day of the competition, Eric and Lizzie apologize to each other for texting during art class, leading to Eric having to attend summer school. The Flounders reunite and apologize. Gina gives the team a pep talk about believing, leading to the Aussies intimidating them in the process. Using Jeffy as a decoy, Sasha leads the Aussies into a cargo container to attend a rescue, but end up getting trapped by Sasha. Sasha reveals this to the Flounders and leads them to the container, only to find that it is being taken away by a transport truck.

While Brody watches the competition on TV, the Flounders chase after the truck and attempt to alert the driver, to no avail. The Flounders find out that the container is being taken to the Malibu Port and will be shipped off to an unknown site. While Africa takes the lead and with only minutes left until USA is up, Tyler attempts a rescue. Dylan kisses Tyler before he jumps on to the moving truck. Tyler opens the latch on the door and the driver makes a stop, allowing the team to jump off and get in the bus. With USA up next, the Flounders arrive at the beach and race off against Australia. Gina takes the lead during the sand tunnel portion of the race, while the rest help each other up during the rope climb and wall climb portions. The teams race past each other in the finale, where Tyler falls and slips from a ring and injures his knee, while Wayno taunts at him and wins the race, which upsets Brody, the Flounders help Tyler finish the race, which gets a crowd cheering their name. When Jeffy attempts to sign up for Junior Rescue, Roger and the rest find out that a lot of kids want to sign up after hearing of the rescue they pulled off on the freeway. Eric returns in time to deceive the students and teachers, where he is dismissed for the year. A new batch of Valley kids show up at Junior Rescue. The Flounders look on proudly.

Cast and Characters

 * Ricardo Hurtado as Tyler
 * Breanna Yde as Gina
 * Jackie R. Jacobson as Dylan
 * Abby Donnelly as Lizzie
 * Alkoya Brunson as Eric
 * Jeremy Howard as Vooch
 * Carly Hughes as Miss Eldred
 * Henry Kingi as Truck Driver
 * Kirrilee Berger as Kezza
 * JT Neal as Brody
 * Ella Gross as Sasha
 * Lauren Gaw as Presley
 * Rocío de la Grana as Marie Junior Lifeguard
 * Carlos Sanson as Wayno
 * Nate Richman as Chooch