San Diego bars
See how busy
each bar is.
Pick the room that’s at your speed before you leave the house — from the first patio of the afternoon to the last dance floor of the night.
San Diego bars
Pick the room that’s at your speed before you leave the house — from the first patio of the afternoon to the last dance floor of the night.
Typical for this hour · sharpened by pulses from inside
Where Jellyfish lives
From Pacific Beach to Encinitas, Gaslamp to Carlsbad. Happy hour to last call — every corner of San Diego County.
What it is
Open the app and every bar, lounge, rooftop, and club in San Diego is at your fingertips — each one showing how busy it typically is right at this hour, sharpened by reports from people inside. Blue means room to breathe. Yellow means it’s going. Red means expect a line.
Tap a spot. See what’s going on. Walk in. From happy hour to last call, you always know the right room — before you leave the house.
Why this exists
Every other wait in the city is solved. Traffic reroutes itself. A table books itself. But “is that rooftop worth it tonight” still gets answered by a review from 2019 and a friend who went once in March.
So we built the thing that answers it.
The breakthrough
Jellyfish is the first occupancy platform for going out. Each venue carries its typical crowd level for this hour, its happy hour window, and what’s on tonight.
Stars tell you a place was good once. Occupancy tells you whether tonight is its night. When a pulse comes in from someone inside, the card says so — that part is live, and labeled. No signal, grey pin. We never invent a reading.
All three · typical for 10 pm
What’s inside
The whole city on one screen, each bar colored by how busy it typically is right at this hour.
Quick reports from people inside the room. A pulse is live, says when it was posted, and keeps the map honest.
Who’s running one and when it ends, across the whole city. The window, not the guesswork.
Trivia nights, DJ sets, live music, bar crawls — what’s on tonight, all in one place.
Rooftops, pool bars, espresso martinis, dance floors. One tap and the map narrows to exactly that.
Strava for going out. Your night becomes a route you can share — every stop, first bar to last call.
Build tonight’s plan and send it to your people. Everyone lands at the same spot.
Be the first to download — Jellyfish is coming free to San Diego.
Pricing
The whole city, readable at a glance.
Less than one drink, once a month — or $39.99/yr — save $20.
Where this goes
San Diego is the launch market — it’s where we live, where we go out, and where the signal is densest. Orange County and Los Angeles come next. Coverage builds neighborhood by neighborhood, the same way it did here.
The long game
“We’re not just building an app — we’re changing how a city goes out. Social media is for people who want to meet online. Jellyfish is for people who want to meet in person.”
Questions
A map of San Diego’s bars that shows how busy each one is — plus happy hours and events — so you can pick the right room before you leave the house.
Most readings are the typical level for that hour, built from each room’s patterns. Pulses from people inside sharpen it — those are live, and labeled. When we don’t know, the pin is grey. We never invent a reading.
Yes. The map, search and filters, and your Passport are free. Pro adds Pulse crowd updates, happy hours and events, smart AI search, Trails, and Plans for $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year.
All 23 — Pacific Beach, Gaslamp, North Park, Hillcrest, La Jolla, Little Italy, and the rest of the county through Del Mar, Encinitas, and Carlsbad.
Reviews tell you a place was good once. Jellyfish tells you whether tonight is its night — how busy it is, what the happy hour is, what’s on. Different question, different answer.
Yes. Presence is anonymous and aggregated. Sharing with friends is opt-in, per feature, and off by default.
Orange County and Los Angeles next, then city by city — every city worth a Saturday night.
Fall 2026 on iOS, San Diego first. Join the list and you’ll know the moment it’s out.
You’re probably already mapped — we cover 1,100+ San Diego venues. Head to For venues to claim yours and reach the crowd deciding where to go.
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