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Sea Creatures List with Availability & Sell Prices

Sea Creatures are critters you can catch by diving with a wetsuit in the ocean on your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island and donate them to the Museum or sell for Bells!

There are 40 different Sea Creatures available to collect in Animal Crossing: New Horizons throughout the year. Use our interactive grid or table containing every Sea Creature including when you can catch them, shadow sizes, movement speed, sell prices, and how rare they are. Filter currently available creatures by date and time, and track the creatures you have collected so far by using the saved checkboxes. Both Northern & Southern Hemisphere are supported.

More details on how to catch Sea Creatures, tips on catching the toughest ones, finding Pearls, and more are below the interactive list.

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Name	Price	Shadow	Speed	Availability	Rarity
Seaweed ✔	600			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Grapes ✔	900			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Cucumber ✔	500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Pig ✔	10,000			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Sea Star ✔	500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Urchin ✔	1,700			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Slate Pencil Urchin ✔	2,000			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Sea Anemone ✔	500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Moon Jellyfish ✔	600			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Slug ✔	600			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Pearl Oyster ✔	2,800			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Mussel ✔	1,500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Oyster ✔	1,100			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Scallop ✔	1,200			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Whelk ✔	1,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Turban Shell ✔	1,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Abalone ✔	2,000			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Gigas Giant Clam ✔	15,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Chambered Nautilus ✔	1,800			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Octopus ✔	1,200			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Umbrella Octopus ✔	6,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Vampire Squid ✔	10,000			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Firefly Squid ✔	1,400			9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND 9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Gazami Crab ✔	2,200			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Dungeness Crab ✔	1,900			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Snow Crab ✔	6,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Red King Crab ✔	8,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Acorn Barnacle ✔	600			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Spider Crab ✔	12,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Tiger Prawn ✔	3,000			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Sweet Shrimp ✔	1,400			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Mantis Shrimp ✔	2,500			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Spiny Lobster ✔	5,000			9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND 9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Lobster ✔	4,500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Giant Isopod ✔	12,000			9 AM - 4 PM, 9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND 9 AM - 4 PM, 9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★★★
Horseshoe Crab ✔	2,500			9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND 9 PM - 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Sea Pineapple ✔	1,500			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆
Spotted Garden Eel ✔	1,100			4 AM - 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND 4 AM - 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Flatworm ✔	700			4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 4 PM - 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND	★☆☆
Venus' Flower Basket ✔	5,000			All Day JFMAMJJASOND All Day JFMAMJJASOND	★★☆

How To Find & Catch Sea Creatures

Exclusively found deep under the sea in your island’s surrounding ocean, you must go swimming and dive into the water in order to find and catch Sea Creatures. Start by buying a Wet Suit item at Nook’s Cranny to start swimming.

You can spot Sea Creatures in the ocean by looking out for suspicious bubbles floating up from an area while swimming. When you see these bubbles over an area, press the Y button to begin diving deep into the water and quickly swim towards the shadows using the A button.

How To Catch Fast & Difficult Sea Creatures

Some creatures are more difficult to catch than others. While most can be caught by simply diving near the shadow and spamming the A button, there are some faster ones that require more advanced techniques.

To catch speedy and tough Sea Creatures, like the Red King Crab or Gigas Giant Clam, you need to be more strategic about your approach. You can slowly tread water and swim towards these creatures by just using the analog stick without pressing the A button — this lets you get much closer without scaring them away before even starting to dive!

Another tip is to use the ocean’s surrounding net boundaries. When Sea Creatures approach the net, they have to turn around just the same as you do. Use this to your advantage to corner and force them closer to you!

Sea Creature Spawn Requirements

Some Sea Creatures have spawn requirements that prevent them from appearing until you’ve caught enough in total. The most notable are these six rarest and quickest that require you to have caught at least 80 Sea Creatures in total to unlock them:

• Sea Pig
• Gigas Giant Clam
• Vampire Squid
• Red King Crab
• Spider Crab
• Giant Isopod

We’ve omitted these numbers from the list to save space, but it is worth keeping in mind if it’s your first couple hours diving.

Find Pearls In The Ocean While Diving

In addition to Sea Creatures, you can also find the Pearl item in the ocean while diving, which is used in Pascal’s Mermaid Set crafting recipes. While it’s found in the ocean, the Pearl does not technically count as a Sea Creature as it cannot be donated to the Museum or collected in the Critterpedia.

However, the Pearl shouldn’t be overlooked as it is an important crafting material to make Mermaid Set furniture items and can be sold for a hefty 10,000 Bells each! Check out our guide to getting and using Pearls here.