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Otay Mesa Passenger border wait time

Mexican border, California. Live CBP-posted waits by lane, refreshed every 10 minutes.

Passenger vehicles, standard
100 min
lanes open: 2 of 13
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI
25 min
lanes open: 4 of 13
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane
110 min
lanes open: 4 of 13
Pedestrians, standard
15 min
lanes open: 6 of 6

as of 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026 · CBP feed stamp 2026-10-17 18:55:55 · auto-refreshes every two minutes with JavaScript on

Hours: 24 hrs/day · port status: Open · Mexican border, California · local time zone: Pacific

Lanes right now

LanePosted waitLanes openCBP posted at
Passenger vehicles, standard100 min2 of 13At 3:00 pm PDT
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI25 min4 of 13At 3:00 pm PDT
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane110 min4 of 13At 3:00 pm PDT
Pedestrians, standard15 min6 of 6At 3:00 pm PDT

"CBP posted at" is CBP's own stamp, shown as published; its time-zone label is not reliable for every port. This crossing keeps Pacific time (America/Los_Angeles).

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Wait Times, bwt.cbp.gov (public domain).

A typical day at this crossing

Passenger vehicles, standard

8a: 91 min average8a919a: 94 min average9a9410a: 94 min average10a9411a: 95 min average11a9512p: 96 min average12p961p: 100 min average1p1002p: 100 min average2p1003p: 102 min average3p1024p: 104 min average4p1045p: 100 min average5p1006p: 92 min average6p927p: 87 min average7p878p: 83 min average8p839p: 74 min average9p7410p: 72 min average10p7211p: 65 min average11p65
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI

8a: 24 min average8a249a: 23 min average9a2310a: 22 min average10a2211a: 23 min average11a2312p: 23 min average12p231p: 23 min average1p232p: 25 min average2p253p: 28 min average3p284p: 24 min average4p245p: 23 min average5p236p: 20 min average6p207p: 18 min average7p188p: 15 min average8p159p: 13 min average9p1310p: 15 min average10p1511p: 11 min average11p11
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane

8a: 87 min average8a879a: 92 min average9a9210a: 91 min average10a9111a: 93 min average11a9312p: 96 min average12p961p: 96 min average1p962p: 96 min average2p963p: 96 min average3p964p: 99 min average4p995p: 95 min average5p956p: 87 min average6p877p: 82 min average7p828p: 76 min average8p769p: 65 min average9p6510p: 62 min average10p6211p: 54 min average11p54
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Pedestrians, standard

8a: 35 min average8a359a: 30 min average9a3010a: 29 min average10a2911a: 26 min average11a2612p: 26 min average12p261p: 23 min average1p232p: 22 min average2p223p: 20 min average3p204p: 15 min average4p155p: 13 min average5p136p: 16 min average6p167p: 15 min average7p158p: 15 min average8p159p: 10 min average9p1010p: 8 min average10p811p: 5 min average11p
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time, across the 45 days we have tracked, CBP's posted standard passenger-vehicle wait here has averaged lowest around 10 p.m. (72 minutes) and highest around 4 p.m. (104 minutes).

Other Otay Mesa crossings

Standard passenger-vehicle wait at each, live.

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About these numbers

CBP officers at the port estimate the wait from the end of the line to primary inspection and post it, usually hourly; the figure is for travelers entering the United States. See all border crossings for how to read each status, and CBP's own bwt.cbp.gov for alerts. Numbers baked into this page are from 23:00 UTC, October 17, 2026.