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The new Animal Crossing fish and sea creatures to catch this August

Time to jump into the ocean and dust off those fishing rods, there are new critters to snag on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Alongside fishing, you'll also be able to find one new sea creature by diving.

Just like with the new bugs, there's only three fish which are arriving at your island this month.

We've covered all the bugs arriving this August, if you're looking for them then check out this article here.

Take a dip with your brand new wetsuit (Nintendo)

Here are all the fish you'll be able to catch in August

Ponds

There are no new pond fish this month,

Rivers:

Soft-shelled turtle: available from 4pm - 9am, look for a large shadow in rivers.

Ocean:

Moray eel: available all day, look for a thin wavy shadow, you can't miss it!

Ray: available from 4am to 9pm, look for a very large shadow in the ocean

All the new sea creatures you're able to catch in August

In case you didn't know, diving has been added to Animal Crossing New Horizons, which lets you swim in the ocean and collect sea creatures.

There's a new page in the Critterpedia dedicated to them and there's one new creature added to catch in August.

Diving

Flatworm: available from 4pm to 9am. Look for a tiny shadow which has a slow, short movement pattern when spotted.

That's all for the new sea creatures and fish to collect this August.

For more Animal Crossing guides and help getting started, check out our dedicated guide page here.

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