Blooper Surfing Safari

“Show me some super Blooper-surfing, and win yourself a prize!”

—Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine

Blooper Surfing Safari, or Blooper Surfin' Safari, is the second episode of Ricco Harbor in Super Mario Sunshine. The episode's objective is to use Blooper Racers to complete a racecourse. The title is a reference to The Beach Boys song "Surfin' Safari".

Layout

During this mission, a pier is placed to the right of the player's starting position, which contains the Pianta Big Daddy and his Blooper Racers. The player needs to use a Blooper Racer to enter a cave underneath the plaza (where Gooper Blooper was fought in the last episode), as the cave entrance is surrounded by oil, making entering the cave difficult. Once the player enters the cave, they are brought to a racecourse.

Once the player lands in the racecourse, the Pianta there challenges the player to race a lap of the racecourse in under forty-five seconds. The path of the race is a large road filled with water, so the player needs to use one of the Blooper Racers to complete the challenge. However, the course has many obstacles on it and crashing into one or the surrounding walls makes the player lose a life and have to start over. Obstacles include stationary and moving blocks, spikes, and spinning walls. If the player makes it to the goal in under forty-five seconds, they are rewarded with a Shine Sprite.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ＧＯ！ＧＯ！イカサーフィン[?] Gō! Gō! Ika Sāfin	Go! Go! Squid Surfin'
German	Blooper-Surf-Safari[?]	Blooper Surf Safari
Italian	Surf a safari sui calamari[?]	Surf-safari on squids
Spanish (NOE)	¡Calamarsurfeando![?]	Squid Surfing!

Trivia

The skybox in the Blooper surfing area.

• When in the Blooper surfing area, if the player stands next to a wall with Mario's back facing it and activates the first-person view, the skybox for the area can be seen, which is the same background used in certain secret levels such as The Hillside Cave Secret or the Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret. The music in the area is also the same as the one used in the said secret levels.