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San Ysidro Border Wait Times — Live Cameras at the Tijuana Crossing
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San Ysidro border wait times
As reported by CBP · feed read Oct 27, 8:57 AM
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San Ysidro
Port 250401 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · Open| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES — UP TO 34 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 30 min delay | 5 | At 1:00 am PDT |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | 5 min delay | 3 | At 1:00 am PDT |
| Ready lanes | 20 min delay | 12 | At 1:00 am PDT |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 22 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | 5 min delay | 10 | At 1:00 am PDT |
| Ready lanes | 5 min delay | 1 | At 1:00 am PDT |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 01:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
San Ysidro — PedWest
Port 250407 · Hours: 6 am-2 pm · Closed| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| Ready lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| FAST lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 14 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | No current reading | — | — |
| Ready lanes | No current reading | — | — |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 01:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
San Ysidro — Cross Border Express
Port 250409 · Hours: 24 hrs/day · Open| Lane | Wait | Lanes open | CBP update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSENGER VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| NEXUS / SENTRI lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| Ready lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| COMMERCIAL VEHICLES | |||
| Standard lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| FAST lanes | Not reported | — | — |
| PEDESTRIANS — UP TO 8 LANES | |||
| Standard lanes | No delay | 4 | At 5:00 am PDT |
| Ready lanes | No delay | 1 | At 5:00 am PDT |
CBP record stamped 10/27/2026 01:46:04 — the times in the right-hand column are CBP's own update notes for each lane.
Wait times are CBP's published estimates for reaching the inspection booth, shown exactly as the feed reports them — including "Update Pending", which means the port has not published a fresh reading for that lane. A lane with no current reading is not an empty lane.
San Ysidro, where I-5 and I-805 meet the line, is among the busiest land border crossings in the world — the main port (CBP 250401) runs passenger vehicles and pedestrians around the clock.
PedWest (250407) is the pedestrian-focused port a few blocks west, by the Virginia Avenue transit centre.
Cross Border Xpress (250409) is the enclosed bridge from a dedicated Otay Mesa terminal straight into Tijuana International Airport — usable only with an airline ticket.
The camera wall below is a stated geographic rule, the same discipline as everywhere in this directory: every catalogue camera within 10 km of the crossing point (32.5420, -117.0300), nearest first — the bridge approaches, the port district and the San Diego (San Ysidro) streets around it. What it cannot show you is the inspection plaza itself: CBP's booth cameras are not public feeds, and no camera here is dressed up as one.
Live cameras near the San Ysidro crossing
36 catalogue cameras within 10 km of the crossing point, nearest first.
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Every card is the camera's real live feed: snapshot cards refresh about every 15 seconds, stream cards play live in the grid (a few at a time, the same budget the map tiles use) and in full when you open a camera. Feeds are provided by their operators and public sources; a camera whose stream has gone off air shows as unavailable rather than playing a recording.
How to cross with less waiting
- 1Read the table by lane, not by headline: standard, SENTRI/NEXUS and Ready lanes at the same port can differ by an hour.
- 2Check the CBP update note on each row — a lane marked "Update Pending" has no current reading, however empty it looks.
- 3Look at the approach cameras before you leave: the visible queue tail on the US-side highway is the part of the wait no table measures.
- 4If this crossing is stacked and another nearby port is not, the wait table on that crossing's page is one tap back on the hub.
- 5Carry the documents the lane requires — a Ready or SENTRI lane entered without the right card ends at the booth, slowly.
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