San Diego • Temecula • Southern California
Cove, cliffs and parks that need paperwork. We handle the words and help you plan around everything the ocean decides.
Weddings in La Jolla
La Jolla weddings are usually small and almost always outdoors. Cuvier Park, the grass above the Cove, a terrace at a hotel on Prospect, or a stretch of sand at Wind and Sea. Guest counts tend to sit between twenty and eighty, because the good spots do not hold more than that and the couples who choose them are not looking for a ballroom.
The public sites require permits. Ceremonies at city parks and beaches in La Jolla are booked through San Diego Parks and Recreation, and the popular slots at Cuvier Park and Scripps Park go months ahead. A permit gives you a time window and a footprint, not the whole park, so there will be joggers and there will be photographers from another wedding waiting their turn. Confirm the current rules on chairs, arches, amplified sound and alcohol with the city before you plan around any of them.
The weather here does one specific thing. From late May into July the marine layer often sits over the coast until early afternoon, so a morning ceremony can be grey and cool while inland San Diego is bright. September and October are the clearest months and the warmest water. Wind picks up in the late afternoon at the cliff sites and it will lift a veil and swallow an unamplified voice.
Nobody plans for the sea lions. The colony below the Cove is loud, it is constant, and it does not care about your vows. It is also part of why you chose the place. Position the ceremony so the ocean is behind your guests rather than behind you if the noise concerns you, and expect it either way.
A few of the places couples get married here. Ask us about yours.
A personal ceremony, thoughtfully led.
Everything you need for a ceremony that feels warm, personal, and unmistakably yours.
Starting at $595
Check Your DateYour story. Your vows. Your moment.
For couples who want a completely personalized ceremony experience.
Starting at $995
Check AvailabilityPrepare for the years, not the day.
Four sessions with us, the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and the workbook and book posted to your home before you begin.
Starting at $600
Start Marriage PrepPrepare for the wedding. Invest in the marriage.
The Signature Ceremony, Marriage Prep and vow coaching, prepared together. Marriage Prep runs on the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum.
Starting at $1,595
Begin Your ExperienceSignature
Prepare for the wedding. Then keep going.
Everything in The Marriage Experience, including the eight module Get Your Ship Together curriculum, and then four more sessions across your first twelve months of marriage, at roughly one month, three months, six months and a year.
Starting at $2,150
Begin The First YearAlso serving San Diego · Del Mar · Pacific Beach · Coronado · Encinitas. Destination wedding inquiries are welcome.
Twenty minutes, no cost, no pressure. We talk about your day and whether we are the right fit.