All sea creatures in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been an extremely well-loved game since its release in March 2020, but many spheres have opened up for the title ever since diving was introduced to the game.

Players can equip themselves with a wet suit and set out to explore the vast seas beyond their islands and look for various goods that they can use as resources on their island.

Players can find a bunch of different critters in the sea when they set out to explore it, be it fish, bugs, or deep sea creatures.

There are several things players can do with these critters once they find them, but to do so, players must be familiar with all the different kinds of critters the game has to offer.

Here is a complete list of all the sea creatures that Animal Crossing: New Horizons players can see in their favorite Nintendo title.

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All sea creatures players can find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

There are about 40 different kinds of sea creatures that players can find in New Horizons. However, their availability varies depending on the time of day or season and a bunch of other factors.

Here are all the different kinds of sea creatures players can see in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, along with their details.

	Sea Creature	Value	Availability (Time of the day)	Availability (Time of the year/Hemisphere)
1	Seaweed	600	All day	October-July (Northern) / April-January (Southern)
2	Sea grapes	900	All day	June-September (Northern) / December-March (Southern)
3	Sea cucumber	500	All day	November-April (Northern) / May-October (Southern)
4	Sea pig	10,000	4 p.m. - 9 a .m.	November-February (Northern) / May-August (Southern)
5	Sea star	500	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
6	Sea urchin	1,700	All day	May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
7	Slate pencil urchin	2,000	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
8	Sea anemone	500	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
9	Moon jellyfish	600	All day	July-September (Northern) / January-March (Southern)
10	Sea slug	600	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
11	Pearl oyster	2,800	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
12	Mussel	1,500	All day	June-December (Northern) / December-June (Southern)
13	Oyster	1,100	All day	September-February (Northern) / March-August (Southern)
14	Scallop	1,200	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
15	Whelk	1,000	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
16	Turban shell	1,000	All day	March-May, September-December (Northern) / March-June, September-November (Southern)
17	Abalone	2,000	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	June-January (Northern) / December-July (Southern)
18	Gigas giant clam	15,000	All day	May-September (Northern) / November-March (Southern)
19	Chambered nautilus	1,800	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	March-June, September-November (Northern) / September-December, March-May (Southern)
20	Octopus	1,200	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
21	Umbrella octopus	6,000	All day	March-May, September-November (Northern and Southern)
22	Vampire squid	10,000	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	May-August (Northern) / November-February (Southern)
23	Firefly squid	1,400	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	March-June (Northern) / September-December (Southern)
24	Gazami crab	2,200	All day	June-November (Northern) / December-May (Southern)
25	Dungeoness crab	1,900	All day	November-May (Northern) / May-November (Southern)
26	Snow crab	6,000	All day	November-April (Northern) / May-October (Southern)
27	Red king crab	8,000	All day	November-March (Northern) / May-September (Southern)
28	Acorn barnacle	600	All day	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
29	Spider crab	12,000	All day	March-April (Northern) / September-October (Southern)
30	Tiger prawn	3,000	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	June-September (Northern) / December-March (Southern)
31	Sweet shrimp	1,400	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	September-February (Northern) / March-August (Southern)
32	Mantis shrimp	2,500	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	Year-round (Northern and Southern)
33	Spiny Lobster	5,000	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	October-December (Northern) / April-June (Southern)
34	Lobster	4,500	All day	April-June, December-January (Northern) / October-December, June-July (Southern)
35	Giant isopod	12,000	9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	July-October (Northern) / January-April (Southern)
36	Horseshoe crab	2,500	9 p.m. - 4 a.m.	July-September (Northern) / January-March (Southern)
37	Sea pineapple	1,500	All day	April-August (Northern) / December-July (Southern)
38	Spotted garden eel	1,100	4 a.m. - 9 p.m.	May-October (Northern) / November-April (Southern)
39	Flatworm	700	4 p.m. - 9 a.m.	August-September (Northern) / February-March (Southern)
40	Venus' flower basket	5,000	All day	October-February (Northern) / April-August (Southern)

New Horizons players can spot these kinds of deep sea creatures on their islands at various times of the day and year, depending on the hemisphere they are playing from.

Players can have many different uses for these deep sea creatures that they catch in the game. They have to set out into the sea in their wet suit, after which they can press A to swim around and Y to pick up any critters they spot along the way.

Once they have caught the critters, players have two choices. First, they can sell the item to the Nook brothers or C.J., whoever is willing to offer a higher price for the same. Players can also donate the sea creature to Blathers at the Museum, who will put it up for display in the Museum.

While players will not have any financial gain from handing over the sea creature to Blathers, they can expand their Museum and increase their collection by doing so. It is always more advisable to hand over the first of every kind of critter to Blathers since it helps expand the Museum.

Players will always encounter more of the same kind of sea creatures, so they can always sell these sea creatures after they have donated the first to the Museum.

Furthermore, the kind of sea creatures that players encounter changes every month, as New Horizons islands experience a reshuffling in the critter collection every month. This helps keep things versatile for players and keeps them coming back to the game for more sea creatures every month.