Sea
A beach inAnimal Crossing: City Folk
Type		Water
Generation probability		Always

Thesea is the body of saltwater surrounding theplayer'stown or island in theAnimal Crossing series. Despite being a sea, theAnimal Crossing games' sea has no tides, allowing the size of the beach to remain constant. The beach itself runs the length of the sea, with occasional breaks where outcrops lie, and where theriver meets the sea. These outcrops, also known as capes, have small cliffs that separate them from the sea.

InAnimal Crossing, the waves carry the lure on the fishing line towards the beach, while inWild World andCity Folk they carry it out to sea. If a house is located within close proximity to the sea, then waves can be heard crashing against the shoreline from inside.

Beach[edit]

The beach is featured in the Summer 2020 issue of Nintendo Magazine

Where the sea meets the land, a beach is located. Characters that walk on the beach will leave footprints that will disappear after a short time.Shells will wash up on the beach daily, and occasionally, inWild World andNew Horizons anote-in-a-bottle will wash up. InWild World andCity Folk only,coconuts will also wash up on shore and can be used by the player to growpalm trees, which produce two coconuts every three days. However, in order to grow into a palm tree, the coconut has to be buried near the beach. Besides serving as a source for coconuts, palm trees also serve as a home to many rare bugs, such as theelephant beetle and thegoliath beetle.

InAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, in addition to being located along the southern side of the village, the beach is also located on either the eastern or western sides of the village. There may be a small portion of a beach that cannot be accessed normally without awet suit, which allowsplayers to swim and dive in the sea. The wet suit also allows them to jump from cliffs and into the sea or the sand.

InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, the beach appears along all sides of theDeserted Island. It joins up with the grass more uniformly than in previous titles; rather than being formed as small slopes adjacent to a small sudden drop, or being accessible by a ramp down a tall cliff face, it is separated from the inland grass by a small dirt incline. Platform-like rocks also decorate the beach, varying in size and shape, with some having additional rocks stacked on top of them. A very small beach is generated on the northern shore of the island, with the rest of the shoreline being made up of large rocks.Manila clams are sometimes buried in the beach sand, and can be identified by small jets of water periodically emerging from the sand. The player can dig them up with a shovel. TheAirport and an empty dock generate on the beach, though the two will never be directly adjacent. The airport always generates on the southern side of the beach, the only side accessible in a new game, though its exact latitude can vary between different players' islands. The dock will generate on either the west or east side.

Special visitors[edit]

A small number of special visitors can be found within close proximity to the beach and the sea. On weekdays inWild World,Pascal the sea otter can be found standing on one of the two capes by the sea from 6 AM to 12 AM, where the player can listen to his diffuse and sometimes random thoughts. After the listening to Pascal, the sea otter will give the player a random ship-themedfurniture before performing a perfect dive into the sea. InAnimal Crossing,New Leaf, andNew Horizons,Gulliver the gull will wash up onto the shore infrequently.

InCity Folk, ifGulliver's U.F.O. is shot down, it will appear crashed on the beach thenext day. InNew Horizons, once the player wakes up Gulliver, fivecommunicator parts will be buried in the sand of the player's beaches and can be identified in the same way as manila clams.

InNew Horizons,Redd's ship will periodically dock at the island's northern beach after themuseum has been upgraded to include an art gallery.

Sea fish[edit]

The following fish can only be found at the sea:

In the first-generation games[edit]

Sea fish inAnimal Crossing

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months[nb 1]
36	Jellyfish		100Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
37	Sea bass		120Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
38	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
39	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND

1. ↑All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, Cuyler,Ruthless Cutie,SuperHamster,vmario, andChubby Bub.

InDoubutsu no Mori e+[edit]

Fish inDoubutsu no Mori e+

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months[nb 1]
36	Jellyfish		100Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
37	Sea bass		120Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
38	Horse mackerel		120Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
39	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
40	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
42	Dab		800Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
43	Olive flounder		200Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
44	Squid		400Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
45	Octopus		450Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
46	Seahorse		1,500Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND

1. ↑All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, Cuyler,Ruthless Cutie,SuperHamster,vmario, andChubby Bub.

InWild World[edit]

Sea fish inAnimal Crossing: Wild World

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Fish size
36	Sea butterfly		1,000Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	3 cm
37	Jellyfish		100Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	25 cm
38	Seahorse		1,100Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	8 cm
39	Clownfish		650Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	15 cm
40	Zebra turkeyfish		400Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	30 cm
41	Puffer fish		240Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	35 cm
42	Horse mackerel		150Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	40 cm
43	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	60 cm
44	Sea bass		160Bells	Very Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	100 cm
45	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	90 cm
46	Dab		300Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	50 cm
47	Olive flounder		800Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	80 cm
48	Squid		400Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	35 cm
49	Octopus		500Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	60 cm
50	Football fish		2,500Bells	Medium	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	60 cm
51	Tuna		7,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	230 cm
52	Blue marlin		10,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	220 cm
53	Ocean sunfish		4,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND	300 cm
54	Hammerhead shark		8,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	250 cm
55	Shark		15,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	540 cm

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled byAlexBot2004,TimeSword3D, Cuyler,SuperHamster, andPanchamBro.

InCity Folk[edit]

Sea fish inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Fish size
38	Sea butterfly		1,000Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 1.2 in.
39	Jellyfish		100Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 10 in.
40	Sea horse		1,100Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day(Apr; Oct – Nov) 9 AM – 4 PM(May – Sep)	JFMAMJJASOND	About 3.2 in.
41	Clownfish		650Bells	Small	Sea	9 AM – 4 PM(Apr; Sep) All day(May – Aug)	JFMAMJJASOND	About 6 in.
42	Surgeonfish		1,000Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 12.4 in.
43	Butterflyfish		1,000Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 7.2 in.
44	Napoleonfish		10,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 80 in.
45	Zebra turkeyfish		400Bells	Medium	Sea	All day(Apr; Oct – Nov) 9 AM – 4 PM(May – Sep)	JFMAMJJASOND	About 11.7 in.
46	Puffer fish		240Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 14 in.
47	Horse mackerel		150Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 16 in.
48	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 24 in.
49	Sea bass		200Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 40 in.
50	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 36 in.
51	Dab		300Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 20 in.
52	Olive flounder		800Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 32 in.
53	Squid		400Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 14 in.
54	Octopus		500Bells	Small	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 24 in.
55	Lobster		2,500Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 20 in.
56	Moray eel		2,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 32 in.
57	Football fish		2,500Bells	Medium	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	About 24 in.
58	Tuna		7,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 90.6 in.
59	Blue marlin		10,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	About 88 in.
60	Ray		3,000Bells	Huge	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND	About 48 in.
61	Ocean sunfish		4,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND	About 120 in.
62	Hammerhead shark		8,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	About 100 in.
63	Shark		15,000Bells	Huge (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	About 216 in.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

InNew Leaf[edit]

Sea fish inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

#	Name	Icon	Sell price[nb 1]	Shadow size	Fish size	Location	Time	Months	Peak times
43	Sea butterfly		1,000Bells	Tiny	3 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	9 PM – 4 AM
44	Sea horse		1,100Bells	Tiny	8 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	4 AM – 9 PM(May – Oct)
45	Clown fish		650Bells	Tiny	15 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	May – Aug 15
46	Surgeonfish		1,000Bells	Small	31 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
47	Butterfly fish		1,000Bells	Small	18 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	May – June
48	Napoleonfish		10,000Bells	Huge	180 cm	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND
49	Zebra turkeyfish		400Bells	Medium	30 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	May – Oct
50	Blowfish		5,000Bells  125Bells[nb 2]	Medium	25 cm	Sea	9 PM – 4 AM	JFMAMJJASOND
51	Puffer fish		240Bells	Medium	35 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	August
52	Horse mackerel		150Bells	Small	40 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
53	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Medium	60 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
54	Sea bass		200Bells	Very Large	100 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
55	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Medium	90 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	Mar – Oct
56	Dab		300Bells	Medium	50 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	Nov – Mar
57	Olive flounder		800Bells	Large	80 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND	Nov – Mar
58	Squid		400Bells	Medium	35 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
59	Moray eel		2,000Bells	Very Large	80 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
61	Football fish		2,500Bells	Large	60 cm	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND	Dec – Feb
62	Tuna		7,000Bells	Huge	230 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
63	Blue marlin		10,000Bells	Huge	220 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND
65	Ray		3,000Bells	Very Large	120 cm	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND
66	Ocean sunfish		4,000Bells	Huge (finned)	300 cm	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	JFMAMJJASOND
67	Hammerhead shark		8,000Bells	Huge (finned)	250 cm	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND
68	Shark		15,000Bells	Huge (finned)	540 cm	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND
69	Saw shark		12,000Bells	Huge (finned)	150 cm	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	JFMAMJJASOND
71	Oarfish		9,000Bells	Huge	580 cm	Sea	All day	JFMAMJJASOND

1. ↑Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold atTimmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold toLeila atTortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.
2. ↑Prior to theWelcome amiibo update.

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004,AlgebraManiacABC,Chubby Bub, Cuyler,HylianAngel,Kalina70,PanchamBro,SuperHamster, andvmario.

InNew Horizons[edit]

Sea fish inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Name	Icon	Sell price	Shadow size	Location	Time	Months	Total catches
47	Sea butterfly		1,000Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
48	Sea horse		1,100Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
49	Clown fish		650Bells	Tiny	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
50	Surgeonfish		1,000Bells	Small	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
51	Butterfly fish		1,000Bells	Small	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
52	Napoleonfish		10,000Bells	Huge	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	50
53	Zebra turkeyfish		500Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
54	Blowfish		5,000Bells	Medium	Sea	9 PM – 4 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
55	Puffer fish		250Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
56	Anchovy		200Bells	Small	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
57	Horse mackerel		150Bells	Small	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
58	Barred knifejaw		5,000Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
59	Sea bass		400Bells	Very large	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
60	Red snapper		3,000Bells	Large	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
61	Dab		300Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
62	Olive flounder		800Bells	Very large	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
63	Squid		500Bells	Medium	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
64	Moray eel		2,000Bells	Long & Thin	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
65	Ribbon eel		600Bells	Long & Thin	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	0
70	Ocean sunfish		4,000Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
71	Ray		3,000Bells	Very large	Sea	4 AM – 9 PM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
72	Saw shark		12,000Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	50
73	Hammerhead shark		8,000Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
74	Great white shark		15,000Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	50
75	Whale shark		13,000Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	50
76	Suckerfish		1,500Bells	Very large (finned)	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
77	Football fish		2,500Bells	Large	Sea	4 PM – 9 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	20
78	Oarfish		9,000Bells	Huge	Sea	All day	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	50
79	Barreleye		15,000Bells	Small	Sea	9 PM – 4 AM	North:JFMAMJJASOND South:JFMAMJJASOND	100

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc,sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex,SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone,vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, andPanchamBro.

Gallery[edit]

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  Fishing at the very edge of the town will reveal that the cliff travels further than is normally visible

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  The sea inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

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  The sea next to a cliff inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

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  A beach from a pre-release picture ofAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

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  A beach inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Note the jet of water indicating the presence of a manila clam.

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  A small portion of sandy beach inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

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  A bird's eye view of the beach inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

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  The sea at sunset inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

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