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San Ysidro border wait time

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

Passenger vehicles, standard
150 min
lanes open: 6 of 34
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI
30 min
lanes open: 15 of 34
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane
120 min
lanes open: 10 of 34
Pedestrians, standard
20 min
lanes open: 20 of 22
Pedestrians, Ready Lane
5 min
lanes open: 1 of 22

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, standard150 min6 of 34At 3:00 pm PDT
Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI30 min15 of 34At 3:00 pm PDT
Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane120 min10 of 34At 3:00 pm PDT
Pedestrians, standard20 min20 of 22At 3:00 pm PDT
Pedestrians, Ready Lane5 min1 of 22At 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: 105 min average8a1059a: 108 min average9a10810a: 110 min average10a11011a: 112 min average11a11212p: 114 min average12p1141p: 117 min average1p1172p: 120 min average2p1203p: 119 min average3p1194p: 118 min average4p1185p: 116 min average5p1166p: 107 min average6p1077p: 100 min average7p1008p: 93 min average8p939p: 84 min average9p8410p: 80 min average10p8011p: 79 min average11p79
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Passenger vehicles, NEXUS/SENTRI

8a: 19 min average8a199a: 20 min average9a2010a: 22 min average10a2211a: 22 min average11a2212p: 22 min average12p221p: 22 min average1p222p: 22 min average2p223p: 19 min average3p194p: 18 min average4p185p: 18 min average5p186p: 16 min average6p167p: 16 min average7p168p: 16 min average8p169p: 14 min average9p1410p: 13 min average10p1311p: 12 min average11p12
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Passenger vehicles, Ready Lane

8a: 86 min average8a869a: 86 min average9a8610a: 89 min average10a8911a: 90 min average11a9012p: 88 min average12p881p: 96 min average1p962p: 102 min average2p1023p: 98 min average3p984p: 93 min average4p935p: 89 min average5p896p: 79 min average6p797p: 73 min average7p738p: 66 min average8p669p: 61 min average9p6110p: 57 min average10p5711p: 57 min average11p57
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Pedestrians, standard

8a: 38 min average8a389a: 36 min average9a3610a: 37 min average10a3711a: 38 min average11a3812p: 40 min average12p401p: 41 min average1p412p: 41 min average2p413p: 39 min average3p394p: 34 min average4p345p: 29 min average5p296p: 24 min average6p247p: 22 min average7p228p: 16 min average8p169p: 14 min average9p1410p: 11 min average10p1111p: 9 min average11p9
Average posted wait by hour (Pacific local time), from 45 days of our tracking.

Pedestrians, Ready Lane

8a: 5 min average8a59a: 5 min average9a510a: 5 min average10a511a: 5 min average11a512p: 5 min average12p51p: 5 min average1p52p: 5 min average2p53p: 5 min average3p54p: 5 min average4p55p: 7 min average5p76p: 7 min average6p77p: 6 min average7p68p: 6 min average8p69p: 6 min average9p610p: 5 min average10p511p: 5 min average11p5
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. (80 minutes) and highest around 2 p.m. (120 minutes).

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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.