Animal Crossing New Horizons: Deep Sea Creatures List

The first Summer in Animal Crossing New Horizons brought with it a host of new content. There's sharks to catch, new DIY Recipes to craft and even deep sea swimming and diving. Now that you can swim out into the ocean and dive down to its depths, there's a whole host of deep sea creatures to catch. To help you catch all of them we've put together this guide detailing the availability for each. You'll be able to check exactly when and where these new creatures will appear, and will even see how much each sells for.

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• Animal Crossing New Horizons Deep Sea Creatures List
• How to Catch Deep Sea Creatures

Animal Crossing New Horizons Deep Sea Creatures List

There are 40 new deep sea creatures to catch in Animal Crossing in New Horizons. Much like their surface-dwelling friends, they only appear during certain times of the day and in certain months. Here's all of the info you'll need on each deep sea creature.

Name	Availability (Northern)	Availability (Southern)	Time	Price
Abalone	Jun - Jan	Dec - July	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	2000
Acorn Barnacle	All Year	All Year	All Day	600
Chambered Nautilus	March - Jun, Sept - Nov	March - May, Sept - Dec	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	1800
Dungeness Crab	Nov - May	May - Nov	All Day	1900
Firefly Squid	March to Jun	Sept - Dec	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	1400
Flatworm	Aug - Sept	Feb - March	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	700
Gazami Crab	Jun - Nov	Dec - May	All Day	2200
Giant Isopod	July - Oct	Jan - Apr	9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	12000
Gigas Giant Clam	May - Sept	Nov - Mar	Al Day	15000
Horseshoe Crab	July - Sept	Jan - Mar	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	2500
Lobster	Apr - Jun, Dec - Jan	Oct - Dec, Jun - July	All Day	4500
Mantis Shrimp	All Year	All Year	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	2500
Moon Jellyfish	July - Sept	Jan - Mar	All Day	600
Mussel	Jun - Dec	Dec - Jun	All Day	1500
Octopus	All Year	All Year	All Day	1200
Oyster	Sept - Feb	Mar - Aug	All Day	1100
Pearl Oyster	All Year	All Year	All Day	2800
Red King Crab	Nov - March	May - Sept	All Day	8000
Scallop	All Year	All Year	All Day	1200
Sea Anemone	All Year	All Year	All Day	500
Sea Cucumber	Nov - Apr	May - Oct	All Day	500
Sea Grapes	Jun - Sept	Dec - Mar	All Day	900
Sea Pig	Nov - Feb	May - Aug	All Day	10000
Sea Pineapple	Apr - Aug	Oct - Feb	All Day	1500
Sea Slug	All Year	All Year	All Day	600
Sea Star	All Year	All Year	All Day	500
Sea Urchin	May - Sept	Nov - Mar	All Day	1700
Seaweed	Oct - July	Apr - Jan	All Day	600
Slate Pencil Urchin	May - Sept	Nov - Mar	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	2000
Snow Crab	Nov - Apr	May - Oct	All Day	6000
Spider Crab	March - Apr	Sept - Oct	All Day	12000
Spiny Lobster	Oct - Dec	Apr - Jun	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	5000
Spotted Garden Eel	May - Oct	Nov - Apr	4 a.m. - 9 p.m.	1100
Sweet Shrimp	Sept - Feb	Mar - Aug	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	1400
Tiger Prawn	Jun - Sept	Dec - Mar	All Day	3000
Turban Shell	Mar - May, Sept - Dec	Mach - Jun, Sept - Nov	All Day	1000
Umbrella Octopus	March - May, Sept - Nov	March - May, Sept - Nov	All Day	6000
Vampire Squid	May - Aug	Nov - Feb	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	10000
Venus' Flower Basket	Oct - Feb	Apr - Aug	All Day	5000
Whelk	All Year	All Year	All Day	1000

How to Catch Deep Sea Creatures

To catch deep sea creatures in Animal Crossing New Horizons you will first need to get a wetsuit. You can get one from Nook's Cranny for 3000 Bells (more on making Bells here), or from the Nook shopping channel. Once you have a wetsuit head to the sea and press A, your character will jump in. Tap A to swim around and look for bubbles rising from the surface. Press Y near the bubbles to dive and catch a creature (you might even get a visit from Pascal).

For more on Animal Crossing New Horizons be sure to read our review. Elsewhere, there's Eric's look at the shady underbelly of the game's trading sites.