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
Cap Kingdom	The left side of the pond at the bottom of the Top-Hat Tower interior.	Link
Cap Kingdom	The right side of the pond at the bottom of the Top-Hat Tower interior.	Link
Cap Kingdom	The left side of the pond halfway up the Top-Hat Tower interior.	Link
Cap Kingdom	The right side of the pond halfway up the Top-Hat Tower interior.	Link
Cascade Kingdom	The back wall near the first story moon.	Link
Cascade Kingdom	The side of the ground below the story moon. Known as First Moon Clip.	Link
Sand Kingdom	The left 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 left of the alcove with the Treasure Trap.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	To the right of the alcove with the Treasure Trap.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	To the left of the entrance to the Narrow Valley room.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The farthest point in the southeast corner of the kingdom.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The east side of a cliff in the southeast corner of the kingdom.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The west side of a cliff in the southeast corner of the kingdom.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The east side of a rock outcrop near the Rolling Canyon checkpoint.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The west side of a rock outcrop near the Rolling Canyon checkpoint.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The side of a small rock platform on the east side of the kingdom.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The west side of the rock platform with binoculars on top.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The east side of the rock platform with binoculars on top.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The left side of the ground below the Glass Palace checkpoint.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of the ground below the Glass Palace checkpoint.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of the ramp next to the lighthouse.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The left side of the ramp between the lighthouse and the water well.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of the ramp between the lighthouse and the water well.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of the ground leading up to the water well.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	The right side of a rock near the water well.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	At the west end of the large Rocket Flower sandbar.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	Just southwest of Hot Spring Island.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	Just south of Hot Spring Island.	Link
Seaside Kingdom	To the right of some blocks below Hot Spring Island.	Link
Mushroom Kingdom	The west side of Mushroom Pond.	Link
Mushroom Kingdom	The east side of Mushroom Pond.	Link
Mushroom Kingdom	A partially submerged rock near Goomba Woods.	Link