Ocean crossword puzzles
Hand-made puzzles and puzzles from our community. Solve them right here, print them, or make your own.
About these ocean crosswords
The ocean crosswords take solvers from the shallows to the deep. Under the Sea is easy and made for kids, meant for children of about six to ten years. The answers are creatures you might meet at the aquarium or in a picture book: dolphin, shark, whale, octopus, crab, starfish, seahorse and jellyfish.
Ocean Zones and Features is medium and asks about tides, currents, reefs, trenches, plankton, kelp and atolls, so it fits a geography or earth science unit. Deep Sea Life is hard and goes down to the anglerfish, the hagfish, hydrothermal vents and the Mariana Trench. It is a challenge for older students and adults.
The clues describe how an animal looks or lives, or what a feature of the sea is. Solve the puzzles online on any device, or print them with the answer key for a classroom, a summer camp or a rainy day at the beach. For your own version, pick one part of the sea, such as the coral reef, and write a clue for each animal.
Tips for your own puzzle
- Group animals by where they live: a coral reef puzzle can hold CORAL, CLOWNFISH, TURTLE, EEL and RAY.
- Keep the difficulty even: pair short answers like EEL, RAY and SEAL with one long showpiece such as JELLYFISH.
- Add one surprising fact as a clue: “Has three hearts and blue blood” for OCTOPUS gets kids curious.