Wet suit

Artwork of a player in a wet suit from Animal Crossing: New Leaf

A wet suit is a clothing item introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It allows the player to go swimming in the sea and catch sea creatures.

Wet suits, along with diving and sea creatures, were added in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Wave 1 of the Free Summer Update.

Usage

Players can enter the sea by pressing "A" while adjacent to it. To swim faster, players must tap "A" quickly. Players can dive with "Y" and move while underwater with "A". Once players have touched a dark spot in the water, they will catch it and reveal what it is. Players cannot stay underwater for long, but the longer they are underwater the faster they move.

Players can also leap from cliffs and into the sand or the sea by standing near the cliff and pressing "A".

Players cannot wear other clothes while they are wearing a wet suit; only shoes, headwear and accessories remain visible. Other clothing articles remain worn under the wet suit, but cannot be seen nor removed until the wet suit is removed.

The same rules apply in New Horizons, and the player is now able to swim automatically by pressing and holding the A button, albeit slightly slower than by tapping the A button.

Players cannot enter the Able Sisters changing room while wearing a wet suit or save one to a slot on a wand.

Obtaining

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, wet suits come in nine patterns and are obtainable only on Tortimer Island in exchange for 40 medals. Along with several other tools, a rental wet suit is available while the player is on the island.

Wet suits in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

#	Item	Image	Buy price	Sell price	Available from	Colors	Style	Category	Gender	HHA theme challenges
-	Black wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Black Yellow	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Blue wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Blue Blue	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Green wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Green Black	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Orange wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Orange Black	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Pink wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Pink Pink	-	-	Unisex	Fairy tale
-	Red wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Red Black	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Rental wet suit		Not for sale	0 Bells	Tortimer Island	Aqua Aqua	-	-	Unisex	-
-	Striped wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	Red White	-	-	Unisex	-
-	White wet suit		40 medals	500 Bells	Souvenir Shop	White White	-	-	Unisex	-

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

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, wet suits can be purchased from the Nook Stop, Nook Shopping, or Nook's Cranny.

Wet suits in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Buy price	Sell price	Available from	Style	Label theme(s)
589	Horizontal-striped wet suit		3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook's Cranny	Active	Outdoorsy / Sporty / Vacation
699	Leaf-print wet suit		3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook Shopping	Active Gorgeous	Outdoorsy / Sporty / Vacation
851	Nook Inc. wet suit		800 Nook Miles	4,000 Bells	Nook Stop	Active Simple	Outdoorsy / Sporty / Vacation / Work

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.

In Pocket Camp

While swimming and wet suits do not exist in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the fish-logo diving suit dress resembles a wet suit.

Gallery

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  The rental wet suit, with the Tortimer Island emblem displayed on the front in New Leaf

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  The fish-logo diving suit in Pocket Camp

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  A Nook Inc. wet suit at the Nook Stop in New Horizons

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  A horizontal-striped wet suit at Nook's Cranny in New Horizons

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  A player wearing a wet suit while checking their pockets in New Horizons

Trivia

• If the player gets out of the water at night in New Leaf, they will shiver.
• If the player creates a save file after Wave 1 of the Summer Update in New Horizons, a wet suit is able to be bought from Tommy on the first proper day, and the player is able to access the places usually inaccessible at that point, even before Blathers gives them the recipe for the vaulting pole.
• In New Horizons, if the player jumps into the ocean from the Airport dock, the Pier, a portruding landmass or a flat rocky surface, they will stop in their tracks and performs a somewhat careful jump into the ocean. However, if the player is running as they jump, they will perform a front-flip jump instead. The animation for entering the ocean from a beach stays the same regardless of whether the player is running or not.