Davey is a young man who dreams of escaping from the rural drudgery of his life and his oppressive relationship with his father. The arrival of a group of American surfers sets off a chain of events that spurs Davey into actually trying to make his dreams a reality. Davey dreams of riding the waves like the young Americans and begins to make a surf board. This brings the underlying antagonism between his father and himself out into the open and forces Davey into what looks like a foolhardy attempt to fulfil his dreams. But is it an attempt to make his dreams come true or is it an opportunity to escape?