[4] Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore.

While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden, and Lena work as maids in a super-luxury resort hotel, and surfing in their spare time.

As a child, Anne Marie had been a rising star in women's surfing until a near-fatal wipeout left her with a paralyzing fear of a powerful condition.

As the Pipeline competition gets closer, Anne Marie struggles to keep her young sister Penny from running wild and tries to deal with her issues.

He is obviously instantly attracted to the surfer especially after she boldly confronts another NFL Pro Bowler that had trashed his hotel room, leaving a mess for Anne Marie and her friends to clean.

On the day of Pipeline, Anne Marie wipes out during her first heat, but she advances to the next one after narrowly beating pro surfer Kate Skarratt.

Although Anne Marie cannot advance to the next heat, she regains her lost confidence and attracted the attention of sponsors, one of whom immediately offers to have her join the Billabong women's surf team.

[9] Roger Ebert, in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film three out of four stars and a thumbs up, summarizing: "Looking at the posters for Blue Crush, which show Bosworth, Rodriguez and Lake posing with bikinis and surfboards, I expected another mindless surfing movie.