Join Sammy, Swifty and Newsome ... three young otter brothers ... as they find excitement, adventure and some hard-learned lessons in the San Juan Islands. Sammy, Swifty and Newsome join their mother in the daily life of an otter, hunting for food, learning how to find tools for opening clam shells, rafting together on the open seas to sleep, and where to find the best tasty urchins and abalone. All goes well, but along the way they have to hide from hungry sea lions and even soaring eagles, they meet a surprise new member of the family, and the three brothers find out how not listening to their mother can lead to a scarry and dangerous adventure.