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Border Crossing Wait Times & Live Cameras
CBP's live wait times for the busiest US land crossings — San Ysidro, El Paso, Laredo, Detroit–Windsor, Blaine and more — each paired with the live cameras around its bridges. Free, no signup.
A border wait is two facts, not one: what CBP says the delay is, and what the approach actually looks like. This hub pairs both for 25 US land crossings — 49 ports of entry across the Mexican and Canadian borders. Every crossing page carries CBP's live Border Wait Times by lane — passenger, commercial and pedestrian, with the agency's own update notes — and a wall of the public cameras around its bridges: 642 catalogue cameras across the 25 stated radii.
The discipline is the directory's usual one. Wait times are CBP's figures verbatim, stamped with when the feed was read; a lane the port hasn't updated says "Update Pending" instead of borrowing a zero. Camera walls are a geographic rule — every catalogue camera within the crossing's stated radius, nearest first — and the cameras are the district's public feeds, never dressed up as CBP's booth cameras, which are not public.
And the gaps are named, as ever: crossings with real wait data but no cameras nearby — San Luis, Lukeville, Douglas, Naco, Presidio, Columbus, Sweetgrass — get no page until the catalogue reaches them. Their official waits live at bwt.cbp.gov.
Mexican border crossings
| Crossing | Passenger wait (CBP) | Ports | Cameras nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro — San Diego (San Ysidro), California ↔ Tijuana | 30 min delay | 3 | 36 within 10 km |
| Otay Mesa — San Diego (Otay Mesa), California ↔ Tijuana | 80 min delay | 2 | 33 within 10 km |
| Calexico — Calexico, California ↔ Mexicali | 15 min delay | 2 | 6 within 15 km |
| Nogales — Nogales, Arizona ↔ Nogales | 20 min delay | 3 | 12 within 10 km |
| El Paso — El Paso, Texas ↔ Ciudad Juárez | 1 min delay | 4 | 104 within 12 km |
| Del Rio — Del Rio, Texas ↔ Ciudad Acuña | No current reading | 1 | 9 within 10 km |
| Eagle Pass — Eagle Pass, Texas ↔ Piedras Negras | No current reading | 2 | 9 within 10 km |
| Laredo — Laredo, Texas ↔ Nuevo Laredo | Passenger lanes closed | 4 | 55 within 12 km |
| Hidalgo & Pharr — Hidalgo / Pharr (McAllen), Texas ↔ Reynosa | No current reading | 3 | 9 within 15 km |
| Progreso — Progreso / Donna, Texas ↔ Nuevo Progreso | 5 min delay | 2 | 10 within 15 km |
| Brownsville — Brownsville, Texas ↔ Matamoros | 15 min delay | 4 | 4 within 15 km |
Canadian border crossings
| Crossing | Passenger wait (CBP) | Ports | Cameras nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine — Blaine, Washington ↔ Surrey | 5 min delay | 2 | 53 within 12 km |
| Lynden — Lynden, Washington ↔ Aldergrove | No current reading | 1 | 21 within 12 km |
| Sumas — Sumas, Washington ↔ Abbotsford (Huntingdon) | No current reading | 1 | 32 within 12 km |
| Pembina — Pembina, North Dakota ↔ Emerson | No current reading | 1 | 5 within 10 km |
| International Falls — International Falls, Minnesota ↔ Fort Frances | No delay | 1 | 2 within 12 km |
| Sault Ste. Marie — Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ↔ Sault Ste. Marie | No delay | 1 | 5 within 25 km |
| Port Huron — Port Huron, Michigan ↔ Sarnia (Point Edward) | No delay | 1 | 14 within 12 km |
| Detroit–Windsor — Detroit, Michigan ↔ Windsor | No delay | 3 | 107 within 12 km |
| Buffalo (Peace Bridge) — Buffalo, New York ↔ Fort Erie | 1 min delay | 1 | 70 within 12 km |
| Niagara Falls — Niagara Falls, New York ↔ Niagara Falls | 3 min delay | 3 | 32 within 12 km |
| Alexandria Bay (Thousand Islands) — Alexandria Bay, New York ↔ Lansdowne | 10 min delay | 1 | 6 within 10 km |
| Champlain — Champlain, New York ↔ Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | No current reading | 1 | 4 within 10 km |
| Derby Line — Derby Line, Vermont ↔ Stanstead | No delay | 1 | 3 within 10 km |
| Houlton — Houlton, Maine ↔ Woodstock | No delay | 1 | 1 within 15 km |
How to use a crossing page
- 1Start with the passenger standard lane's delay — then compare the SENTRI / NEXUS and Ready rows at the same port before choosing a lane.
- 2Trust the update note over the number: a 0-minute delay stamped hours ago is older information than a 20-minute delay stamped just now.
- 3Open the camera wall and find the approach highway: the queue you can see is the wait's ground truth.
- 4Cross-check a second port on the same crossing page — at multi-bridge crossings (El Paso, Laredo, Brownsville, Detroit) the bridges rarely back up evenly.
- 5Re-check before you commit to the drive; the panel refreshes itself every two minutes while the page is open.
Border crossing wait times — FAQ
Where do the wait times on this page come from?+
What does "Update Pending" mean on a crossing?+
Why are some well-known crossings missing?+
Are the cameras on these pages the border's own cameras?+
Which is the busiest crossing covered?+
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