The Ricks family sails up the coast in search of their missing friend, Flipper, only to find that the dolphin that saved a man's life, and who they hoped would be Flipper, has gone.
Flipper is captured by some fisherman who transports him nearly a thousand miles up the coast to stock a new marine exhibit. Fortunately for Flipper, he's able to escape as they unload him from the boat.
