Surface clip

A surface clip is a type of clip that can be performed in locations where a body of water meets land adjacent to a wall. Such clips are normally executed by cap throwing into the wall at a high speed while simultaneously entering the water, which is most often done using a roll cancel. However, some surface clips have been shown to be possible by simply walking into the wall.

The motion of using a roll cancel to perform such clips is extremely similar to a roll cancel clip, but surface clips rely on a different underlying mechanism, and seem to be caused when Mario transitions to his swimming state. Unlike roll cancel clips, surface clips are the same difficulty on all versions of the game.

Locations

The following is a list of known surface clip locations:

Kingdom	Location	Video
Mushroom Kingdom	The west side of Mushroom Pond.	Link
Cap Kingdom	The left side of the pond at the bottom of the Top-Hat Tower interior.	Link
Cascade Kingdom	Near the first Chain Chomp and Our First Power Moon.	Link
Sand Kingdom	The west side of the oasis pond.	Link
Lake Kingdom	On the shore to the east of the Odyssey.	Link
Snow Kingdom	By the three floating platforms near the Shiveria Town entrance.	Link
Snow Kingdom	The side of the platform with the treble clef for the notes moon.	Link
Snow Kingdom	Just to the right of the platform with the treble clef.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	To the right of the alcove with the Treasure Trap.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The side of the rock platform with binoculars on top.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of the ramp near the lighthouse.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	Near the south end of Hot Spring Island.	Link