With the 1.3.0 summer update, diving and sea creatures are finally added to the game. Players can not only experience the fun of diving and catching sea creatures, fishes, more deep-sea creature, but also enrich the exhibition lineup of the museum by collecting new sea creatures in ACNH. The collection mechanism of July sea creatures is similar to that of fish and insects, and there are different collection types in different months and different times. Here we present a list of all sea creatures in ACNH that can be captured in both Northern & Southern Hemisphere in July 2020, along with the sea creatures selling prices and tips on how to catch every sea creatures in ACNH.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Sea Creatures Guide - List Of All Sea Creatures July & Sell Prices, Cathing Tips

There are 40 different Sea Creatures to catch and collect in total in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is an increase of +10 from the previous game Animal Crossing: New Leaf! Sea creatures can roughly identify species by their shadow size and migration velocity before they are captured. Basically, the faster the sea creatures’ who can move, the more valuable they are. Most of the sea creatures in ACNH are decorated in marine boxes, but some of them can be directly displayed in models. 

Here we'll go over every new type of July sea creature in Animal Crossing New Horizons including hours, bell prices, shadow sizes and movement speed.

July  ACNH Sea Creatures List For Northern Hemisphere

Note: Sea creatures leaving in July - Seaweed. 

July ACNH Sea Creatures List  For Southern Hemisphere

Note: Sea creatures leaving after July - Abalone, Lobster. 

How To Catch Sea Creatures In Animal Crossing New Horizons

Animal Crossing sea creatures July can only be found while diving underwater in the ocean. Just put on your diving suit and you can swim in the sea. If you don't know how to dive yet, check out our guide on how to swim in Animal Crossing for info on where to get a wet suit and how to get into the water for the first time - Where & How To Get Pearls, Scallops and Mermaid Recipes For Mermaid Furniture in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

You'll know you're near one when you see a column of bubbles floating to the surface, or when you're already underwater and spot a dark shadow beneath the waves. Just dive under and swim over to the shadow to automatically collect the creature. Sometimes the shadow might be moving, so you will have to follow or chase it. When the character's body touches the fish shadow of the sea creature, it will be judged that the capture is successful.

What To Do With Pearls And Scallops 

- While diving for sea creatures, you might come across scallop, which are a rare crafting material. After catching the scallop, the new NPC sea otter Pascal will appear. Players can trade scallop in for mermaind-themed clothing and DIY recipes if you talk to Pascal. Once you get Mermaid Recipes you should know best ways how to get pearls in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Trading with Pascal is limited to once a day, but if you don't trade scallops, every time you get scallops, Pascal will appear and ask if you want to trade.

- Pearls are very expensive, worth 10000 ACNH Bells. They are also essential materials for Pearl series furniture. When players trade with Pascal and get the DIY recipe, they can exchange to a pearl every day. In addition, players need to take a chance in the sea. 

Ways to Deal With Extremely Fast-Moving Sea Creatures 

Expensive and rare sea creatures in Animal Crossing move very fast, and it is difficult to capture them in the ordinary way. Here are two special capture methods for reference:

• The fish shadow of rare sea creatures was observed approaching slowly, diving when the body touched the ripples of the bubble on the water surface, and speed up swimming to catch it.

• Catch up with the sea creature and force it to the corner of the map. The sea creatures will surely turn back and run away. At this time, you can easily encounter the fish shadow.

Who Buys Sea Creatures In Animal Crossing?

Besides trading scallops with Pascal or selling to Nook's Cranny, there's no dedicated NPC who buys sea creatures at a higher value the same way C.J. buys fish and Flick buys bugs. But there are some extra rare and valuable ones that will still sell for a fortune if you're lucky enough to catch them, which offers plenty of reason to dive for creatures besides filling up your Critterpedia and museum.