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 game's 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[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, 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[edit]

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[edit]

The following fish can only be found at the sea:

In the first-generation games[edit]

Sea fish in Animal Crossing

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

Fish in Doubutsu no Mori e+

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

In Wild World[edit]

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: Wild World

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Fish size
36 Sea butterfly Sea butterfly  1,000 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 3 cm
37 Jellyfish jellyfish  100 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 25 cm
38 Seahorse seahorse  1,100 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 8 cm
39 Clownfish clownfish  650 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 15 cm
40 Zebra turkeyfish Zebra turkeyfish  400 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 30 cm
41 Puffer fish Puffer fish  240 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 35 cm
42 Horse mackerel Horse mackerel  150 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 40 cm
43 Barred knifejaw Barred knifejaw  5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 60 cm
44 Sea bass Sea bass  160 Bells Very Large Very Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 100 cm
45 Red snapper Red snapper  3,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 90 cm
46 Dab Dab  300 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 50 cm
47 Olive flounder Olive flounder  800 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 80 cm
48 Squid Squid  400 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 35 cm
49 Octopus octopus  500 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 60 cm
50 Football fish Football fish  2,500 Bells Medium Medium Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 60 cm
51 Tuna Tuna  7,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 230 cm
52 Blue marlin Blue marlin  10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 220 cm
53 Ocean sunfish Ocean sunfish  4,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND 300 cm
54 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark  8,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND 250 cm
55 Shark shark  15,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND 540 cm
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled by AlexBot2004, TimeSword3D, Cuyler, SuperHamster, and PanchamBro.

In City Folk[edit]

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: City Folk

# Name Icon Sell price Shadow size Location Time Months Fish size
38 Sea butterfly Sea butterfly  1,000 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 1.2 in.
39 Moon jellyfish Moon jellyfish  100 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 10 in.
40 Sea horse Sea horse  1,100 Bells Tiny Tiny Sea All day (Apr; Oct – Nov)
9 AM – 4 PM (May – Sep) 		JFMAMJJASOND About 3.2 in.
41 Clownfish clownfish  650 Bells Small Small Sea 9 AM – 4 PM (Apr; Sep)
All day (May – Aug) 		JFMAMJJASOND About 6 in.
42 Surgeonfish Surgeonfish  1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 12.4 in.
43 Butterflyfish butterflyfish  1,000 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 7.2 in.
44 Napoleonfish Napoleonfish  10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 80 in.
45 Zebra turkeyfish Zebra turkeyfish  400 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day (Apr; Oct – Nov)
9 AM – 4 PM (May – Sep) 		JFMAMJJASOND About 11.7 in.
46 Puffer fish Puffer fish  240 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 14 in.
47 Horse mackerel Horse mackerel  150 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 16 in.
48 Barred knifejaw Barred knifejaw  5,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 24 in.
49 Sea bass Sea bass  200 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 40 in.
50 Red snapper Red snapper  3,000 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 36 in.
51 Dab Dab  300 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 20 in.
52 Olive flounder Olive flounder  800 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 32 in.
53 Squid Squid  400 Bells Medium Medium Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 14 in.
54 Octopus octopus  500 Bells Small Small Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 24 in.
55 Lobster Lobster  2,500 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 20 in.
56 Moray eel Moray eel  2,000 Bells Large Large Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 32 in.
57 Football fish Football fish  2,500 Bells Medium Medium Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND About 24 in.
58 Tuna Tuna  7,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 90.6 in.
59 Blue marlin Blue marlin  10,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea All day JFMAMJJASOND About 88 in.
60 Ray Ray  3,000 Bells Huge Huge Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND About 48 in.
61 Ocean sunfish Ocean sunfish  4,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 AM – 9 PM JFMAMJJASOND About 120 in.
62 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark  8,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND About 100 in.
63 Shark shark  15,000 Bells Huge (finned) Huge (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM JFMAMJJASOND About 216 in.
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

In New Leaf[edit]

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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

Sea fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
73 Hammerhead shark Hammerhead shark  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  15,000 Bells Very large (finned) Very large (finned) Sea 4 PM – 9 AM North: JFMAMJJASOND

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

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

South: JFMAMJJASOND

50
79 Barreleye Barreleye  15,000 Bells Small Small Sea 9 PM – 4 AM 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.

Gallery[edit]

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

  • The sea next to a cliff in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

  • A beach from a pre-release picture of Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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

  • A small portion of sandy beach in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

  • A bird's eye view of the beach in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

  • The sea at sunset in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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