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Otay Mesa

Tijuana and San Diego

At 7:00 am PDT CBP officers estimated 1 h 30 min for cars into the United States, 30 min with SENTRI and 1 h 30 min in the Ready Lane. Walking, 30 min.

Clear, 20° at the crossing now.

Into the United States

Cars 1 h 30 min
Cars, SENTRI 30 min
Cars, Ready Lane 1 h 30 min
Trucks Usually no wait
Trucks, FAST Usually no wait
Walking 30 min
Walking, Ready Lane Usually no wait

Estimated by CBP officers at 7:00 am, Pacific Time.

Plan your crossing

Through by 10:00 am?Join the cars into the United States by 8:25 am, planning 1 h 35 min: between the 1 h 30 min estimated at 7:00 am and the top of the usual range. At 10:00 am: clear, 30°.

Tell me when it drops

One mail when the wait drops under the minutes you choose. No account: a link in the first mail confirms it.

Crossings nearby

Cars into the United States, today against the usual

Usually at this hour, Friday 7 to 8 am: 1 h 30 min, median of 8 Fridays.

TodayUsual, 8 weeks

02 h4 h
12 am6 am12 pm6 pm

Cars into the United States, the usual week

The shortest usual wait in the next 24 hours: 3 min, at 2 am tomorrow.

Hour by hour

What the number measures

An estimate by CBP officers of the time from joining the line to reaching the booth, by line of sight or by asking drivers. Otay Mesa has no Bluetooth or RFID timing. Updated about every hour.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, public domain.

Map of the Otay Mesa crossing Into the United States 1 h 30 min