Kona Kai San Diego Resort, at 1551 Shelter Island Drive on San Diego Bay, has a 9,324 sq ft Point Loma Ballroom for up to 1,000, smaller meeting rooms and a 22,896 sq ft private beach for receptions of up to 2,000. Above the Line provides audio, video and lighting for every space.
The resort pairs a three-section ballroom and a set of meeting rooms with a private beach, a courtyard and garden, lawns and patios along the marina. We size sound, video and lighting to each space from the resort's own chart.
Room names, sizes and capacities come from the resort's capacity chart. Photos are the resort's own, from its Cvent venue listing. Production notes describe a typical Above the Line setup for each space.
The resort's largest indoor room, dividing into three sections.
Reception 1,000 · Theater 750 · Banquet 650 · Classroom 570
For a 700-seat general session, we build a center stage with twin side screens or an LED wall, add delay speakers down the long room and light the stage for camera.
The resort's private beach on San Diego Bay.
Reception 2,000 · Theater 1,000 · Banquet 750
For a large beach event, we bring a stage, line-array sound and generator or house power distribution, with ground protection for every cable run on the sand.
A garden and a neighboring courtyard for receptions and dinners.
Garden: Reception 500 · Theater 300 · Banquet 230
For a garden dinner, we run speakers on stands around the edges, add a wireless mic for toasts and light the palms and the courtyard architecture.
A waterfront patio with string lights over the marina.
Theater 110 · Reception 100 · Banquet 60
For a patio reception, we place compact, weather-ready speakers and keep cables tidy along the rail.
A meeting room for up to 160 theater-style.
Theater 160 · Reception 150 · Banquet 100 · Classroom 100
For a 150-seat meeting in the Coronado Room, we use a screen with a short-throw projector, a lectern and two wireless mics.
A waterfront park with views of the San Diego skyline. The chart notes a permit is required.
Reception 400 · Theater 250 · Banquet 250
For a ceremony in Skyline Park, we run a battery-powered PA with wireless mics for the officiant and readers.
All figures come from the resort's 2025 Meeting Facilities & Capacities chart.
| Room | Dimensions (ft) | Sq ft (approx.) | Ceiling (ft) | Conference | Theater | Classroom | Reception | Banquet | Hollow square | U-shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor | ||||||||||
| Point Loma Ballroom | 148 x 63 | 9,324 | 12 | 750 | 570 | 1,000 | 650 | |||
| Point Loma 1 | 46 x 63 | 2,898 | 12 | 200 | 168 | 300 | 200 | 48 | 40 | |
| Point Loma 2 | 56 x 63 | 3,528 | 12 | 350 | 240 | 400 | 250 | 70 | 60 | |
| Point Loma 3 | 46 x 63 | 2,898 | 12 | 200 | 168 | 300 | 200 | 48 | 40 | |
| Point Loma Foyer | 43 x 27 | 1,155 | 10 | 100 | ||||||
| Coronado Room | 50 x 30 | 1,500 | 9 | 160 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 40 | |
| La Jolla Room | 19 x 33 | 600 | 12 | 24 | 60 | 36 | 60 | 50 | 28 | 24 |
| Del Mar Room | 22 x 22 | 484 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 20 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 16 |
| Bay Room | 23 x 17 | 391 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 12 | |
| Private Dining Room | 695 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 20 | ||
| Vessel Restaurant/Patio | 2,852 | 200 | 80 | |||||||
| Outdoor | ||||||||||
| Point Loma Terrace | 155 x 12 | 1,860 | 200 | 100 | ||||||
| Point Loma Circle Patio | 852 | 110 | 100 | 60 | ||||||
| Cabo Garden | 123 x 93 | 11,439 | 300 | 500 | 230 | |||||
| Cabo Courtyard | 64 x 50 | 3,200 | 300 | 100 | ||||||
| Kona Kai Private Beach | 432 x 53 | 22,896 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 750 | |||||
| Marina View Lawn | 54 x 42 | 2,250 | 300 | 250 | 180 | |||||
| Skyline Park* | 156 x 44 | 6,864 | 250 | 400 | 250 | |||||
Sources: Kona Kai capacity chart 2025 (PDF); property map (PDF); Cvent venue listing (photos). Retrieved October 25, 2026. A blank cell means the figure is not published.
* The chart notes a permit is required for Skyline Park.
Not an official Kona Kai website. Confirm every capacity with the resort before contracting.
The map comes from the resort's property map PDF.
Wireless and podium mics with a PA tuned for the Point Loma Ballroom.
Projection and bright LED displays sized to each room and its daylight.
Warm lighting and uplighting for dinners, receptions and award nights.
LED walls for general sessions, launches and award moments.
Cameras, switching and streaming for hybrid meetings and boardrooms.
We draw layouts from Kona Kai's own room specs and a site walk.
Weather-rated audio and lighting for the beach, lawns and patios.
Itemized budgets for Kona Kai, with every line explained.
Our technicians work alongside the resort's event team from load-in to strike.
Gear ships from our own Southern California warehouses.
We maintain our inventory from VUE, Shure, Barco, Avid, Yamaha and Sony.
We bring our own trucks and crew to San Diego, from Shelter Island and Point Loma to Downtown and Mission Bay.
We build walk-in loops, sponsor slides and award graphics sized to your screens.
Our itemized budgets match what is actually in the room.
We keep you updated clearly and consistently from proposal to strike.
Our proposals are drawn from the resort's own room specs.
In 16 years and 2,113 events, including 85 concerts, our team has handled everything from early design to show day.
Learn More →We support conferences, galas and beach events, from the Point Loma Ballroom to the private beach.
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