Mako Mermaids: An H2O Adventure - Season 1

The Mako Island mermaid pod has left leaving Lyla, Nixie and Sirena as outcasts. To rejoin their pod, the three mermaids must turn Zac from part-time merman to full-time land boy. It's simple, they can catch him, then use their magic to remove his powers. Only problem is... Zac has legs. The mermaids do not. With the power of Sirena's Moon Ring, the mermaids give themselves legs and stumble around the foreign Gold Coast, intent on capturing Zac. They find him at the beach on Surf Life Saving duty with Cam, where Zac has to find ways of not getting wet! In this public setting, Lyla tries to subtly use her powers on Zac. But when Zac spectacularly uses his newfound powers to save a little girl in the water, the mermaids realise their plan may be simple, but not easy. For Zac, the experience is eye opening. Initially his tail was confronting, and an inconvenience he was burdened with. But he now sees it as a gift and is beginning to enjoy the powers that come with it.

The mermaids are worried about Zac - he may find them and the Moon Pool. Then no mermaid is safe! Attempting to capture Zac in his natural environment, Lyla, Nixie and Sirena follow him to a foreign place... his school. But he is always with his friends, Evie and Cam. To get Zac alone the mermaids use their magic to make him feel ill, but they accidentally manipulate a water fountain, forcing a wet Zac to run off to hide while he transforms into a merman. Luckily, he manages to dry himself off before Evie discovers him with a tail. The mermaids' plan to catch Zac is interrupted when the school principal, Rita Santos, confronts them and confiscates Sirena's Moon Ring. An upset Sirena is determined to get her sister's ring back, so the mermaids tail Rita home to retrieve it. There's no sign of Rita as they wander around the house, but the mermaids are confronted by Poseidon, Rita's 'fisheating' cat... and they discover a secret pool under the house. As the mermaids determine the pool is saltwater, Rita suddenly surfaces, in full mermaid form. Principal Santos is a mermaid! Rita explains that she was banished from her pod for falling in love with a land dweller. Not only does Sirena get her Moon Ring back, but the girls convince a begrudging Rita to help them in their quest to fix Zac.

Lyla, Nixie and Sirena use Rita's secret sea entrance to return to land. While leaving they discover another secret cavern, the Grotto, full of sea objects and treasure. Angry that the mermaids are back, a fearful Rita warns them about the ways of land dwellers. But to Nixie and Sirena the land is a world full of new and exciting experiences, like shopping. To Lyla, their legs are a temporary necessity until they can remove Zac's merman powers. Lyla searches for Zac at the Ocean Café, but when a waitress accidentally spills a drink on her, she has only seconds before her tail is on display for all to see. She rushes to the cool room - just before secretly transforming into a mermaid. The cool condensation prevents Lyla from transforming out of fish-form, and when she tries to manipulate the thermostat she only manages to turn the sprinkler system on! Meanwhile, Nixie and Sirena secretly follow Zac's girlfriend, EVIE who is going shopping. Nixie and Evie battle over a prized pair of shoes, and ultimately get banned from the store. Returning to the café, Nixie and Sirena wonder where Lyla is and find her in the cool room. While Sirena distracts the café owner David and his customers with a song, Nixie helps Lyla transform... and walk out of the café on two feet. Feeling sorry for themselves, the mermaids return to Rita's to say goodbye: being on land is too dangerous. But Rita decides to help them find their way on land, and as young mermaids.

The threat of rain keeps Lyla, Nixie and Sirena indoors and unable to look for Zac. Nixie decides it's too risky to try to get to Zac and heads out to Mako Island alone. Refusing to simply wait for the rain to clear, Lyla suggests that Sirena uses her Moon Ring to stop the rain. Inexperienced with the Moon Ring's magic, Lyla and Sirena create a blizzard in Rita's secret Grotto and ice over the sea entrance. While trapped in Rita's house, the two young mermaids fall ill with Snow Rash. Meanwhile, Zac is meant to go on a camping trip with his dad. But the rain makes it dangerous for him to go outdoors too. Zac has to find a way to get out of the trip without hurting his Dad's (Dr. Blakely) feelings. Cam is called for help, and he talks Zac into feigning illness. The café owner David arrives at Rita's to deliver some seafood. Worried about the mermaids he calls Dr. Blakely, forcing Lyla and Sirena to try to explain their curious mermaid symptoms... or be taken to hospital. Luckily for Zac his father is busy with the mermaids, and believes his son may have the same disease. With Dr. Blakely ready to take Lyla and Sirena to hospital for tests, Nixie seeks Rita's help and magically uses dried seahorse powder to cure the mermaids' Snow Rash and keep their secret safe.

Zac is still enjoying being a merman and the mermaids are no closer to removing his powers. Lyla believes they need a new strategy - maybe they should become his friend so they can convince him to lose his powers. But Nixie doesn't think Lyla is capable of making friends - she can't even make friends with a dolphin! Unfortunately for Lyla she never learnt to speak dolphin, one of the perks of being a mermaid, and Sirena and Nixie love to make fun of it. But the young mermaids decide to give 'friendship' a try and head to the Ocean Café to find Zac. While Lyla and Sirena follow Zac home to try to get his trust, Nixie decides they are not going to succeed and goes for a swim. David's brother Joe, who delivers seafood to the Ocean Café, has a new boat and takes David out for a spin to show it off. While speeding around on the Broadwater, the boat's fish-finder locates a dolphin... but it's not like any dolphin Joe has seen before and he decides to chase it, while refusing to listen to David's protests. And it's not a dolphin, but Nixie out having fun with dolphins. With Joe closing in, Nixie panics and gets trapped in some netting under the jetty outside Zac's house. Under the impression that Joe is terrorising a dolphin, Zac subtly uses his powers to interfere with Joe's boat, and Lyla secretly uses her powers to help. With everyone distracted, Sirena frees Nixie from the netting and they escape to safety. Back at the café, there's celebrations for teaching Joe a lesson... and the mermaids are on their way to becoming Zac's friends.

Ever since he became a merman, Zac struggles with a lot of normal things and it's starting to get to him. His girlfriend, Evie, notices Zac's mood and with Cam's help arranges a pool party to cheer him up. But thanks to the fact that he morphs into a merman at a drop of water, it's one more thing that Zac can't enjoy. To put a halt to Evie's plans he tries to empty the pool, but is thwarted by his dad, Dr. Blakely. Lyla, Nixie and Sirena get themselves invited to the party where they hope to earn Zac's trust. At the party Cam unsuccessfully tries to get closer to Nixie, while Sirena and David enjoy each other's company. When Lyla manages to find Zac alone and offers to hear his troubles, their closeness is noticed by a jealous Evie. She confronts Cam about Zac's relationship with Lyla. Feeling like the meat in the sandwich Cam angrily tells Evie to back off! The tension leads to Cam and Zac having a heated argument. Cam is sick of Zac's selfcenteredness, and Zac thinks Cam is jealous of his new powers. To get even, Cam pushes Zac into the pool. As luck would have it, the mermaids are the only ones to see Zac in his transformed state. When they agree to keep Zac's secret, he finds new allies, and Lyla, Nixie and Sirena are one step closer to getting back to their pod.

There's going to be a full moon and Lyla, Nixie and Sirena must quickly do something about Zac. If they keep him out of the moonlight, maybe he'll lose his powers: Zac will return to his land-dwelling self and they can return to their pod. Rattled by a disturbing dream about the Moon Pool, Zac decides he can't talk to Cam about it, not after their argument at the party. So Zac goes to Rita's house looking for help from the mermaids, hoping he can trust them. He tells them what he remembers about his Mako Island experience and, without revealing their own secret, the mermaids manage to get Zac to agree to stay out of the moonlight. The mermaids help Zac cover the windows of his room and keep him company during the night. But despite their best efforts the moon's pull is too strong for Zac. As he is touched by the moon's glow, he falls into its spell and is drawn to Mako. The mermaids follow - they have to keep him out of the Moon Pool. Lyla trails him to the secret land entrance, while Nixie and Sirena head for the Moon Pool. In his uncontrollable trance-like state Zac uses his powers against Lyla, but fails to reach the Moon Pool. The next morning, Zac doesn't remember anything after being hit by the first moonbeam. But, the mermaids are deeply shocked to discover the full moon has given him more powers. The mermaids have to do something about Zac, or he could soon have more power than them.

Lyla gets an idea while listening to Sirena's beautiful song. If Sirena sings the mermaid's ancient Enchantment Song to Zac, he'll fall under her spell and they'll have the chance to take his powers. It's a risky plan, and without Nixie knowing, Lyla talks Sirena into it. At the Ocean Café, Zac, Evie, Cam and David are cramming for an exam. Evie fears she's going to fail and lose her scholarship. Zac reassures her all will be ok. As they leave the café for school, Lyla sees the opportunity. Sirena starts to sing the Enchantment Song, but accidentally catches David's attention instead of Zac's... and the first person David sees is Nixie. Totally besotted by her, David caters to her every whim and desire. To help Evie, Zac uses his powers to enter Principal Santo's office to get the answers to the exam. When Rita suddenly enters he has to use his new cloaking powers, but Rita see's through his disguise and realises what Zac is up to. While Nixie entertains David, Lyla and Sirena search the ocean for the only thing that can reverse the song's magic - a conch shell. But will they break the spell before everyone notices David's weird behaviour, and in time for David to make his exam?

Zac tells the mermaids he's going back to Mako to find out more about what happened to him. Lyla thinks they should go to keep an eye on him, and maybe they'll find out how to remove his powers. Nixie and Sirena think it's best to keep their distance, plus as it's not a full moon he won't be able to open the land entrance. Secretly, Lyla steals a Moon Ring from RITA and uses it to open the hidden land entrance for Zac. But when the Moon Ring's power is drained, Lyla and Zac get trapped inside. Searching for another exit, they find a mysterious Trident symbol. Zac's touch opens an entrance to an infinite chamber of water. As he dives in Zac is immediately transformed into a merman, and the entrance seals behind him. Stuck on the other side Lyla can't help him. Deep in the waters Zac sees a mysterious Trident, with a large glowing gem at its core. When Nixie and Sirena learn that Rita's Moon Ring is missing, they know Lyla has taken it to Mako. She may be in danger! They have to go to Mako to help... but they can't have Zac ask how they got there so they borrow David's small runabout... even though they can't actually get in it! Sirena uses her Moon Ring to open the tunnel entrance allowing Lyla and Zac to escape. To Zac's dismay, he couldn't get his hands on the Trident, but he's determined to get it... next time. Mako just keeps pulling at Zac, and the mermaids can't stop it. Clearly, there are powers the mermaids don't understand.

The mermaids have been on land for longer than they ever expected and Nixie thinks they'll never get back to the pod. Nothing they've tried has worked, so according to Nixie, they may as well give up. They will never see their pod again! Lyla believes they have to stick to their plan. At the Ocean Café, Cam overhears Lyla and Zac talking about the Trident. Curious about what's going on, he spies on Zac and discovers Rita is also interested in Zac's activities. Cam decides Zac needs his help... or is he after something for himself? While seeking solitude, Nixie encounters Ben, a young boy whose family is leaving the Gold Coast for life on a yacht. Ben is just as unhappy about his new living arrangements as Nixie is about hers. No one listens to what he wants. Taking Nixie's advice to look after himself because no one else will, Ben runs away from the yacht, and his parents. Thinking it's her fault, Nixie is upset when she finds out Ben is missing. Rita, with all her wisdom, tells Nixie that everyone needs to be with their pod. Nixie decides to help Ben get back to his family, and she sees a way that Ben could help her contact the pod. If he helps her something magical could happen, but Ben doesn't believe in magic. Disheartened by his attitude, Nixie reveals her tail to him, and Ben has no choice but to believe his eyes. Seeing Ben's change in attitude, Nixie returns to Sirena and Lyla... also with new hope. They might make it home after all. With Zac researching Trident myths, Rita decides it's time to tell the mermaids the truth. Thousands of years ago, a powerful army of mermen used the Trident as a weapon against mermaids. They must stop Zac from getting it at all costs.

There's tension amongst the mermaids. While Sirena and Nixie are relaxing into life on land, Lyla fears Zac getting the Trident... and they are not doing enough to stop him. But with the Trident locked away on Mako, maybe all they need to do is keep an eye on Zac and make sure he doesn't go to the island. When Evie sees a piece of shell jewellery that Sirena made, Sirena agrees to make more bracelets for Evie to sell in her shop. Rita could do with some financial help now there are three young mermaids living at her house. Zac is obsessed about the Trident and Lyla discovers he's visiting the island without her. He's going to keep looking for the Trident. But what else will he find? While out on the reef collecting shells, Sirena almost encounters Zac. Luckily, she torpedoes away before he recognises her. But it's not enough: a glimpse of her tail has Zac convinced there's another merman in Mako's waters. Alarm bells ring for Nixie and Lyla when Zac announces he's heading out to the reef to look in some of the caves that Cam told him about. What if he finds the entrance to the moon pool! Their panic is heightened when they realise Sirena is out there collecting more shells. Nixie and Lyla race out to Mako and sure enough, Zac and Sirena are heading right for one another. At the last second, Lyla casts a cloak over an unsuspecting Sirena - keeping their mermaid secret safe for now. Zac comes to believe that all he saw was a dolphin. But the mermaids know it was a close call. Next time they might not be so lucky. From now on they have to be on guard all the time!

The full moon is once again upon Mako. The all-powerful trident is on Zac's mind, and that of the mermaids. If they don't stop him, Zac could gain unimaginable power and be dangerous to all mermaids. Lyla thinks they just need to keep him out of the moonlight, but Nixie doesn't see an end to it. They should let Zac get the Trident, then take it from him while he's under the moon's spell. They can then hide it or find a way to destroy it. But they don't really know the full power of the Trident. Zac doesn't want to be near the Trident, not when he's under moonspell, with no self-control. Feeling he can trust Lyla, he asks her to help him stay out of the moonlight that night. Evie, seeing Zac and Lyla together at the café, knows that Zac is lying to her and breaks up with him. Cam offers to help Zac during the night and finds out Zac has told Lyla, Nixie and Sirena about his merman powers. How can Zac trust the three girls, and not him? Especially when no one knows anything about the girls. Feeling Cam is picking a fight, Zac asks him to leave. As the moon rises Zac does his best to fight its pull. With Lyla's help, he just might control it, but Nixie thinks it's futile and pulls open a curtain. Under moonspell, an uncontrollable Zac torpedoes to Mako. In the depths of the island, he reaches the Trident Chamber, closely shadowed by the three mermaids who follow him into the water. In a moment of triumph, Zac seizes the Trident... and turns to see the mermaids in their true form. As Lyla tries to seize the Trident, a burst of power throws them all out of the water chamber, and the Trident is locked back in its resting place. Zac is deeply wounded by the mermaids' betrayal. He trusted them! He confides in Cam - the girls are mermaids. When he held the Trident his mind was clear, he is meant to have his merman powers, and the Trident. He believes the mermaids want the Trident's power for themselves.

Now that he knows Sirena, Lyla and Nixie are mermaids, Zac begins to wonder about his school principal, Rita, and why she helps the mermaids. Zac quickly uncovers the truth - Rita is also a mermaid. He uses this insight to get out of doing homework, but Sirena, Lyla and Nixie won't stand to see Rita pushed around. By giving him a taste of his own medicine, the mermaids convince Zac to leave Rita out of their problems.

When David invites Sirena to sing with him at the Ocean Café, their connection grows. Seeing Sirena's attachment to a land boy, Lyla and Nixie fear that Sirena might not want to return to the sea.To stop David and Sirena growing closer, Lyla and Nixie sabotage Sirena's audition, only to realise what a terrible mistake they've made.

While showing off his brand new smart phone, Cam takes video footage of Zac swimming as a merman. During an argument with Nixie in the café, Cam accidentally loses his phone. The mermaids must work with Zac and Cam to retrieve the phone before anyone sees the footage of Zac and discovers his secret.

Zac finds a Moon Ring on the ocean floor and when he gives the ring to Evie, the mermaids know it's no ordinary ring. They have to get it back! But Evie isn't about to hand it over, and Zac knows the ring holds great power. Over lunch with his parents, Zac and the mermaids scuffle for possession of the Moon Ring, and accidentally cast a spell on Rita.

A full moon. A Halloween party at the café. The perfect chance for Zac to seize the Trident. The mermaids keep a close watch on Zac at the party, but with Cam's help, he evades them. The mermaids aren't sure how Zac did it, but they're certain he has unlocked the Trident from the chamber. He denies it to the mermaids, but Zac's quietly thrilled. Finally, the Trident is his!

The Trident is every bit as powerful as Zac imagined. Only, he can't get it to work! Zac wonders if the Trident needs to be activated by moonlight and breaks into Rita's secret Grotto. While the mermaids try to take the Trident from him, Sirena's Moon Ring triggers a glow from the Trident. Zac escapes with the now activated Trident... and the ability to wield its mighty power.

The Trident is active and dangerous, and the mermaids must take it from Zac. Knowing this, Zac searches for the perfect hiding place and decides on an old warehouse. When the mermaids discover it's hiding place and try to take the Trident, the ancient weapon counteracts their powers. Zac can't wait to see what else it can do!

Sirena's sister Aquata returns to Mako with wonderful news - Sirena can return to the pod! Unfortunately, the invitation isn't extended to Lyla and Nixie. When Zac finds the Moon Pool he tries to kick Lyla and Nixie out. In a showdown between Zac and the mermaids, Lyla manages to seize the Trident from Zac, and hides it in a cave deep in the ocean. Sirena decides to stay and defend the island, and the Moon Pool, with Lyla and Nixie.

When Rita's cat, Poseidon steps through a puddle of mermaid powders, he is transformed into a person. A girl - identical to Evie! A boy cat, in a real girl's body, Cst-Evie's behaviour raises many eyebrows. Zac and the mermaids must work together to reverse the spell before Cat-Evue and the real Evie cross paths.

Zacs continued search for the Trident has Lyla worried. Although she hid it well, Zac manages to find the Trident. But Lyla is right behind him, and as the two battle for possession, a flash of energy knocks Lyla unconscious. Zac rushes her to Rita's place for help, and uses the Trident to save her. Rattled and guilty, Zac realises just how dangerous a weapon it is. He locks the Trident away on Mako, vowing never to use it again.

For the first time, there are no secrets or differences between Zac and the mermaids. While Lyla tries to teach him more about the ocean and mermaid/merman history, Nixie refuses to trust him. Suddenly, Nixie finds she has more in common with Cam than with Sirena and Lyla.

Behind Sirena and Lyla's backs, Nixie helps Cam get into the Moon Pool to unlock the Trident. But Evie insists on coming along for the dive. When the Moon Pool entrance suddenly closes, Evie is trapped underwater with her oxygen running out! Zac and the other mermaids come to rescue Evie, and their true mermaid identities are revealed to her. Meanwhile, Cam escapes with the Trident.

It's a full moon and Nixie doesn't trust Zac to stay away from the Trident. When Cam takes the Trident to Mako behind Nixie's back, the mermaids realise that he intends to turn himself into a merman so he can rule Mako Island. Zac and the mermaids work together to stop Cam, and to destroy the Trident once and for all. There's a new pod in the Mako waters - Zac, Sirena, Lyla and Nixie - a new alliance!