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Spotted Garden Eel Times and How To Catch

Spotted Garden Eel Times

The Spotted Garden Eel is a deep sea creature from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn all about the Spotted Garden Eel and how to catch them below!

Spotted Garden Eel Sell Price

Spotted Garden Eel
Sell Price 1100 Bells
Shadow Size Medium

Medium Shadow Size
Rarity ★★★★☆

The Spotted Garden Eel is a rare sea creature and sells for 1100 Bells.

Spotted Garden Eel Location and Times

Spotted Garden Eel Times

Shadow Size Medium
Time May to October
North Hemisphere
4 AM to 9 PM
November to April
South Hemisphere
4 AM to 9 PM

Find the sea creature in May to October 4 AM to 9 PM on the Northern Hemisphere, or November to April 4 AM to 9 PM on the Southern Hemisphere.

Spotted Garden Eel Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Spotted Garden Eel
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
January July ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon
February August ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon
March September ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon
April October ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon
May ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon November
June ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon December
Spotted Garden Eel
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
January ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon July
February ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon August
March ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon September
April ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon October
May November ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon
June December ACNH - Spotted Garden Eel icon

How to Catch the Spotted Garden Eel

ACNH - Diving into the ocean

Steps Directions
1   Equip your Wet Suit
2   Approach the Spotted Garden Eel
2   Dive into the sea!

1. Equip Your Wet Suit

ACNH - A player enters the ocean from the beach by pressing A

To catch a sea creature, equip your diving suit! Press the A Button to go dive into the ocean and go near the Bubbles.

How to Swim and Dive

2. Approach Sea Creature

ACNH - A resident comes across bubbles while swimming

The Spotted Garden Eel casts a Medium Shadow Size. Swim above the shadow by moving the Right Stick.

3. Dive Into the Deep by Pressing Y!

ACNH - A player dives into the ocean

Once you're near or right on top of the sea creature, press the Y Button to dive into the ocean. Congratulations, you've caught the Spotted Garden Eel!

Spotted Garden Eel Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

"I got a spotted garden eel! Was it un-spotted before I saw it?"

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The spotted garden eel is a small eel-shaped fish that loves to burrow in the sandy ocean floor.
These silly things are known for popping their heads out of the sand to nibble on plankton drifting by.
Some say this makes them look like the plants sprouting in a garden... hence the name spotted garden eel.
But I think they look more like prairie dogs peeking out of desert hidey-holes.
“Prairie eels” has a lovely ring, don't you think?

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