San Ysidro border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at San Ysidro, from Tijuana, Baja California into San Diego, California, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest. In Mexico it’s called Garita de San Ysidro.

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Cars, standard lanes: 30 min
Cars, SENTRI: 5 min
Cars, Ready Lane: 30 min
Walking, standard lanes: 5 min
Walking, Ready Lane: 1 min
Posted by CBP: Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 24 hours. Up to 34 car lanes. Up to 22 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 250401.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Thursday at 12 AM (10 min on average); usually slowest on Sunday at 3 PM (195 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 12 AM (5 min); usually slowest on Wednesday at 7 AM (75 min).

Every lane Now and usually

Lane	Now	Open	Usual	Readings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes	30 min	5	86 min	378
Cars, SENTRI	5 min	9	15 min	378
Cars, Ready Lane	30 min	13	67 min	378
Walking, standard lanes	5 min	20	22 min	378
Walking, Ready Lane	1 min	1	5 min	378

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. SENTRI is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 13, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	182	95	5	10	45	20	147
1 AM	165	65	23	17	45	56	120
2 AM	240	55	30	20	45	35	72
3 AM	93	45	5	85	45	22	58
4 AM	200	40	52	30	53	30	42
5 AM	90	30	72	70	·	68	38
6 AM	94	55	86	91	97	78	38
7 AM	112	70	122	85	100	95	·
8 AM	190	·	107	92	90	92	80
9 AM	88	95	77	86	83	100	50
10 AM	125	·	95	68	88	108	135
11 AM	93	107	95	35	75	135	60
12 PM	150	78	40	95	88	145	70
1 PM	170	145	50	70	90	150	170
2 PM	119	107	142	93	88	161	120
3 PM	110	87	116	80	85	150	195
4 PM	125	70	55	110	70	150	187
5 PM	115	70	·	82	50	140	178
6 PM	100	50	53	68	85	137	150
7 PM	115	45	48	70	65	123	185
8 PM	97	28	60	55	52	145	163
9 PM	90	20	25	45	40	150	220
10 PM	102	25	40	48	35	131	170
11 PM	87	40	31	50	55	170	145

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 86 min, from 378 readings.

On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

Hour	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
12 AM	5	5	5	5	5	5	7
1 AM	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
2 AM	5	5	5	5	5	7	10
3 AM	12	5	5	20	12	5	8
4 AM	20	12	13	10	22	8	8
5 AM	7	10	28	20	·	12	8
6 AM	16	10	29	38	37	30	9
7 AM	18	35	75	40	45	30	·
8 AM	60	·	43	40	38	15	20
9 AM	35	50	43	40	37	10	22
10 AM	70	·	25	37	32	35	30
11 AM	32	52	25	30	32	30	20
12 PM	40	38	20	45	40	20	10
1 PM	65	40	20	30	30	20	45
2 PM	64	40	45	37	25	29	20
3 PM	20	32	29	14	23	35	38
4 PM	15	30	15	20	10	50	32
5 PM	12	30	·	20	18	38	31
6 PM	20	27	8	13	20	50	30
7 PM	30	22	8	10	23	35	22
8 PM	15	10	5	9	22	45	20
9 PM	10	8	5	8	5	60	15
10 PM	8	6	5	8	5	12	13
11 PM	5	5	5	5	8	5	5

Under 10 min
10–29 min
30–59 min
60–89 min
90 min or more

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

Crossing	By car	On foot	Posted
Cross Border Express (CBX)	—	No wait	Oct 30, 5:00 AM PDT
San Ysidro PedWest	—	Pending	—
Calexico East	Closed	Closed	—
Calexico West	30 min	5 min	Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT
Otay Mesa	60 min	No wait	Oct 30, 3:00 AM PDT
Tecate	Pending	Pending	—
Andrade	Pending	Pending	—

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

Hour	Average	Bar
12 AM	97 min
1 AM	61 min
2 AM	56 min
3 AM	52 min
4 AM	55 min
5 AM	67 min
6 AM	78 min
7 AM	100 min
8 AM	101 min
9 AM	83 min
10 AM	97 min
11 AM	93 min
12 PM	88 min
1 PM	118 min
2 PM	118 min
3 PM	111 min
4 PM	105 min
5 PM	113 min
6 PM	81 min
7 PM	85 min
8 PM	89 min
9 PM	75 min
10 PM	78 min
11 PM	73 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

260 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions San Ysidro

How long is the wait at San Ysidro right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 4:00 AM PDT), the line by car (standard lanes) was 30 min, and on foot 5 min. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Thursday at 12 AM and longest on Sunday at 3 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 12 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does SENTRI save?

Over the last 30 days the SENTRI line averaged 15 min, against 86 min in the standard lanes and 67 min in the Ready Lane.

When is it open?

24 hours a day.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download. Esta página en español.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.