Sea

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CF Beach.jpg
A beach in Animal Crossing: City Folk
Type Water
Generation probability Always

The sea is the body of saltwater surrounding the player's town or island in the Animal Crossing series. Despite being a sea, the Animal 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 the river meets the sea. These outcrops, also known as capes, have small cliffs that separate them from the sea.

In Animal Crossing, the waves carry the lure on the fishing line towards the beach, while in Wild World and City 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

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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, in Wild World and New Horizons a note-in-a-bottle will wash up. In Wild World and City Folk only, coconuts will also wash up on shore and can be used by the player to grow palm 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 the elephant beetle and the goliath beetle.

In Animal 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 a wet suit, which allows players to swim and dive in the sea. The wet suit also allows them to jump from cliffs and into the sea or the sand.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the beach appears along all sides of the Deserted 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. The Airport 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

A small number of special visitors can be found within close proximity to the beach and the sea. On weekdays in Wild 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-themed furniture before performing a perfect dive into the sea. In Animal Crossing, New Leaf, and New Horizons, Gulliver the gull will wash up onto the shore infrequently.

In City Folk, if Gulliver's U.F.O. is shot down, it will appear crashed on the beach the next day. In New Horizons, once the player wakes up Gulliver, five communicator parts will be buried in the sand of the player's beaches and can be identified in the same way as manila clams.

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

Sea fish

The following fish can only be found at the sea:

In the first-generation games

Sea fish in Animal Crossing

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months[nb 1]
32 Coelacanth coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea (raining) 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
36 Jellyfish jellyfish Image 100 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
37 Sea bass sea bass Image 120 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
38 Red snapper red snapper Image 3,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
39 Barred knifejaw barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells Large 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 the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, Cuyler, Ruthless Cutie, SuperHamster, vmario, and Chubby Bub.

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

Fish in Doubutsu no Mori e+

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months[nb 1]
36 Jellyfish jellyfish Image 100 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
37 Sea bass sea bass Image 120 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
38 Horse mackerel horse mackerel Image 120 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
39 Red snapper red snapper Image 3,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
40 Barred knifejaw barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
42 Dab dab Image 800 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
43 Olive flounder olive flounder Image 200 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
44 Squid squid Image 400 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
45 Octopus octopus Image 450 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
46 Seahorse seahorse Image 1,500 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
48 Coelacanth coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea (raining) 4 PM – 9 AM 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 the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, Cuyler, Ruthless Cutie, SuperHamster, vmario, and Chubby Bub.

In Wild World

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: Wild World

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months
36 Sea butterfly Sea butterfly Image 1,000 Bells[nb 1] Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
37 Jellyfish jellyfish Image 100 Bells[nb 2] Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
38 Seahorse seahorse Image 1,100 Bells[nb 3] Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
39 Clownfish clownfish Image 650 Bells[nb 4] Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
40 Zebra turkeyfish Zebra turkeyfish Image 400 Bells[nb 5] Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
41 Puffer fish Puffer fish Image 240 Bells[nb 6] Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
42 Horse mackerel Horse mackerel Image 150 Bells[nb 7] Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
43 Barred knifejaw Barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells[nb 8] Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
44 Sea bass Sea bass Image 160 Bells[nb 9] Very Large Very Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
45 Red snapper Red snapper Image 3,000 Bells[nb 10] Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
46 Dab Dab Image 300 Bells[nb 11] Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
47 Olive flounder Olive flounder Image 800 Bells[nb 12] Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
48 Squid Squid Image 400 Bells[nb 13] Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
49 Octopus octopus Image 500 Bells[nb 14] Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
50 Football fish Football fish Image 2,500 Bells[nb 15] Medium Medium Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
51 Tuna Tuna Image 7,000 Bells[nb 16] Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
52 Blue marlin Blue marlin Image 10,000 Bells[nb 17] Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
53 Ocean sunfish Ocean sunfish Image 4,000 Bells[nb 18] Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
54 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark Image 8,000 Bells[nb 19] Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
55 Shark shark Image 15,000 Bells[nb 20] Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
56 Coelacanth Coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells[nb 21] Very Large Very Large Sea (raining or snowing) 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled by AlexBot2004, TimeSword3D, Cuyler, SuperHamster, and PanchamBro.

In City Folk

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: City Folk

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months
38 Sea butterfly Sea butterfly Image 1,000 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
39 Jellyfish jellyfish Image 100 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
40 Sea horse Sea horse Image 1,100 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day (Apr; Oct – Nov)
9 AM – 4 PM (May – Sep)
JFMAMJJASOND
41 Clownfish clownfish Image 650 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea 9 AM – 4 PM (Apr; Sep)
All day (May – Aug)
JFMAMJJASOND
42 Surgeonfish Surgeonfish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
43 Butterflyfish butterflyfish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
44 Napoleonfish Napoleonfish Image 10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
45 Zebra turkeyfish Zebra turkeyfish Image 400 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day (Apr; Oct – Nov)
9 AM – 4 PM (May – Sep)
JFMAMJJASOND
46 Puffer fish Puffer fish Image 240 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
47 Horse mackerel Horse mackerel Image 150 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
48 Barred knifejaw Barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
49 Sea bass Sea bass Image 200 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
50 Red snapper Red snapper Image 3,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
51 Dab Dab Image 300 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
52 Olive flounder Olive flounder Image 800 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
53 Squid Squid Image 400 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
54 Octopus octopus Image 500 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
55 Lobster Lobster Image 2,500 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
56 Moray eel Moray eel Image 2,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
57 Football fish Football fish Image 2,500 Bells Medium Medium Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
58 Tuna Tuna Image 7,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
59 Blue marlin Blue marlin Image 10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
60 Ray Ray Image 3,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
61 Ocean sunfish Ocean sunfish Image 4,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
62 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark Image 8,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
63 Shark shark Image 15,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
64 Coelacanth Coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea (raining or snowing) 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

In New Leaf

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

# Name Icon Sell price[nb 22] Shadow size Location Time Months Peak times
43 Sea butterfly sea butterfly Image 1,000 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 9 PM – 4 AM
44 Sea horse sea horse Image 1,100 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND 4 AM – 9 PM (May – Oct)
45 Clown fish clown fish Image 650 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND May – Aug 15
46 Surgeonfish surgeonfish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
47 Butterfly fish butterfly fish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND May – June
48 Napoleonfish Napoleonfish Image 10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
49 Zebra turkeyfish zebra turkeyfish Image 400 Bells Medium Medium Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND May – Oct
50 Blowfish blowfish Image 5,000 Bells
Image 125 Bells[nb 23]
Medium Medium Sea 9 PM – 4 AM JFMAMJJASOND
51 Puffer fish puffer fish Image 240 Bells Medium Medium Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND August
52 Horse mackerel horse mackerel Image 150 Bells Small Small Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
53 Barred knifejaw barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
54 Sea bass sea bass Image 200 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
55 Red snapper red snapper Image 3,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND Mar – Oct
56 Dab dab Image 300 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND Nov – Mar
57 Olive flounder olive flounder Image 800 Bells Large Large Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND Nov – Mar
58 Squid squid Image 400 Bells Medium Medium Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
59 Moray eel moray eel Image 2,000 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
61 Football fish football fish Image 2,500 Bells Large Large Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND Dec – Feb
62 Tuna tuna Image 7,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
63 Blue marlin blue marlin Image 10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png All day JFMAMJJASOND
65 Ray ray Image 3,000 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
66 Ocean sunfish ocean sunfish Image 4,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND
67 Hammerhead shark hammerhead shark Image 8,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
68 Shark shark Image 15,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
69 Saw shark saw shark Image 12,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea Coconut WW Inv Icon.png 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
71 Oarfish oarfish Image 9,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND
72 Coelacanth coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea (raining or snowing) 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND
  1. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  2. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  3. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  4. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  5. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  6. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  7. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  8. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  9. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  10. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  11. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  12. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  13. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  14. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  15. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  16. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  17. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  18. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  19. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  20. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  21. Sells for Image Bells in the European version of the game.
  22. Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold at Timmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold to Leila at Tortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.
  23. Prior to the New Leaf – Welcome amiibo update.
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.

In New Horizons

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Total catches
47 Sea butterfly Sea butterfly Image 1,000 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
48 Sea horse Sea horse Image 1,100 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
49 Clown fish Clown fish Image 650 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
50 Surgeonfish Surgeonfish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
51 Butterfly fish Butterfly fish Image 1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
52 Napoleonfish Napoleonfish Image 10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea 4 AM – 9 PM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
53 Zebra turkeyfish Zebra turkeyfish Image 500 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
54 Blowfish Blowfish Image 5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea 9 PM – 4 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
55 Puffer fish Puffer fish Image 250 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
56 Anchovy Anchovy Image 200 Bells Small Small Sea 4 AM – 9 PM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
57 Horse mackerel Horse mackerel Image 150 Bells Small Small Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
58 Barred knifejaw Barred knifejaw Image 5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
59 Sea bass Sea bass Image 400 Bells Very large Very large Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
60 Red snapper Red snapper Image 3,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
61 Dab Dab Image 300 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
62 Olive flounder Olive flounder Image 800 Bells Very large Very large Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
63 Squid Squid Image 500 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
64 Moray eel Moray eel Image 2,000 Bells Long & Thin Long & Thin Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
65 Ribbon eel Ribbon eel Image 600 Bells Long & Thin Long & Thin Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

0
70 Ocean sunfish Ocean sunfish Image 4,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea 4 AM – 9 PM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
71 Ray Ray Image 3,000 Bells Very large Very large Sea 4 AM – 9 PM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
72 Saw shark Saw shark Image 12,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
73 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark Image 8,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
74 Great white shark Great white shark Image 15,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
75 Whale shark Whale shark Image 13,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
76 Suckerfish Suckerfish Image 1,500 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
77 Football fish Football fish Image 2,500 Bells Large Large Sea 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

20
78 Oarfish Oarfish Image 9,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
79 Barreleye Barreleye Image 15,000 Bells Small Small Sea 9 PM – 4 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

100
80 Coelacanth Coelacanth Image 15,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea (raining) All day North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

100
Includes data sourced from the Data 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, and PanchamBro.

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