Diving

Diving features exclusively in. It is one gameplay element which involves collecting for the town Museum, with the others being; fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting and art collecting. Diving is the only way to collect deep-sea creatures.

Diving is limited to the ocean and tropical seas. The player cannot swim and dive in ponds, rivers or waterfall ponds.

Diving Suit
The Diving Suit is an item of clothing which must be worn in order to swim and collect deep-sea creatures. It is not obtainable at the start of the game, and can be bought from when on the Island or as a rented item from Lloid, which will be removed once the player leaves the Island.

Unlike tools, diving suits do not come in different types with extra enhancements which make it easier to collect deep-sea creatures. However, diving suits appear in different colors.

Swimming and Diving
Once the player has obtained a diving suit, they can begin swimming in the ocean or tropical seas for deep-sea creatures. Initially, deep-sea creatures do not appear like fish or bugs, and the game must first load them once the player has entered the water.

Once the player has entered the water and enough time has passed, deep-sea creatures will begin to appear. They come in a variety of different sizes and temperaments. All deep-sea creatures appear as dark, round shadows underneath the water expelling bubbles up to the surface.

Some deep-sea creatures will move when approached and require the player to dive above them or swim under the water after them, which leads to the risk of scaring them away which happens when a number of bubbles appear and the shadow disappears.

Locations
Deep-sea creatures can only be found in two locations. The first is the ocean surrounding the player's town and the other is the sea surrounding the Island, known as the tropical seas or "island ocean".

Ocean
The ocean is the largest body of water in the. Fish co-exist with deep-sea creatures in the same water. Some deep-sea creatures are exclusive to the ocean surrounding the town.

Tropical Sea
The tropical sea is the body of water that surrounds the Island. Similar to the ocean, fish will also inhabit the water. Some deep-sea creatures are exclusive the to tropical seas, such as the Spotted Garden Eel, Giant Isopod and Chambered Nautilus.

Types of Sea Creature
Similar to fish and bugs, the deep-sea creature collectibles come in different types.
 * Lobsters, shrimps and crabs are a type of crustacean, with Acorn Barnacles, a type of arthropod and Giant Isopods also being a type of crustacean.
 * Seaweed and Sea Grapes are water plants.
 * The Turban Shell, Sea Slug, Scallop, Octopus, Abalone, Oyster, Ear Shell, Clam and Pearl Oyster are all molluscs.

Times and Dates
Different types of sea creature appear during different times of the year and at different times of the day. Some creatures appear all year round, while others prefer warmer or colder temperatures. For a list of locations, times and months, click here.