The biggest addition to part one of Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ summer update is the ability to swim and dive in the ocean around your island, which means new creatures to catch. In fact, the summer update added an entirely new category in your Critterpedia, titled “Sea Creatures,” and Blathers is accepting donations of new finds at the museum as well. There are 40 total new sea creatures to catch.
Here we’ll go over every new type of sea creature you can find while diving. If you don’t know how to dive yet, check out our guide on how to swim in Animal Crossing for info on where to get a wet suit and how to get into the water for the first time.
How To Find Sea Creatures In Animal Crossing
Sea creatures can only be found while diving underwater in the ocean. You’ll know you’re near one when you see a column of bubbles floating to the surface, or when you’re already underwater and spot a dark shadow beneath the waves. Just dive under and swim over to the shadow to automatically collect the creature. Sometimes the shadow might be moving, so you will have to follow or chase it.
The bubble column appears differently depending on the creature, similar to the way fish shadow sizes differ. Their underwater shadow sizes also differ, as well as their swimming pattern and speed.
Every Sea Creature In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Below you’ll find every sea creature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, sorted by hemisphere. We will continue to update as we verify information. Shadow sizes and swimming pattern information will be coming soon as well.
Northern Hemisphere
Sea Creature | Months | Time | Price |
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Abalone | June – Jan | 4 PM – 9 AM | 2,000 |
Acorn Barnacle | All year | All day | 600 |
Chambered Nautilus | Mar – June Sept – Nov |
4 PM – 9 AM | 1,440 |
Dungeness Crab | Nov – May | All day | |
Firefly Squid | Mar – June | 9 PM – 4 AM | |
Flatworm | Aug – Sept | 4 PM – 9 AM | 700 |
Gazami Crab | June – Nov | All day | 2,200 |
Giant Isopod | July – Oct | 9 AM – 4 PM 4 PM – 4 AM |
12,000 |
Gigas Giant Clam | Apr – Sept | All day | 15,000 |
Horseshoe Crab | 9 PM – 4 AM | 2,500 | |
Lobster | |||
Mantis Shrimp | |||
Moon Jellyfish | |||
Mussel | |||
Octopus | |||
Oyster | |||
Pearl Oyster | |||
Red King Crab | |||
Scallop | |||
Sea Anemone | |||
Sea Cucumber | |||
Sea Grapes | |||
Sea Pig | |||
Sea Pineapple | |||
Sea Slug | |||
Sea Star | |||
Sea Urchin | |||
Seaweed | |||
Slate Pencil Urchin | |||
Snow Crab | |||
Spider Crab | |||
Spiny Lobster | |||
Spotted Garden Eel | |||
Sweet Shrimp | |||
Tiger Prawn | |||
Turban Shell | |||
Umbrella Octopus | |||
Vampire Squid | |||
Venus Flower Basket | |||
Whelk | |||
Southern Hemisphere
Coming soon…
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