How It Works
Up and Running in Five Steps
BorderSmart is designed to be simple. From download to your first forecast takes under two minutes.
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Download the App
Get BorderSmart free from the App Store or Google Play. No account is required.
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Choose Your Crossing
Select San Ysidro or Otay Mesa as your default crossing. You can switch between them at any time.
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Check the Forecast
See live waits right now plus a forecast for the next several hours, broken down by standard, Ready Lane, and SENTRI lanes.
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Set a Crossing Alert
Choose whether you want to know when a lane looks better than usual or when the wait becomes unusually heavy.
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Cross at the Right Time
Head to the border when you know conditions are in your favor. Spend less time in line and more time doing what matters.
Why It Matters
San Ysidro is the busiest land port of entry in the Western Hemisphere. SANDAG reports that more than 90,000 people cross northbound through the port on a typical day, and local reporting has documented holiday-weekend waits above three hours. BorderSmart focuses on the lane-level choices that can change that trip.
Wait times change in patterns. Friday afternoon does not look like Tuesday morning, and holiday periods behave differently from regular weekdays. BorderSmart combines public border wait-time data, historical patterns, traffic context, and optional crossing reports to estimate what the next few hours may look like, not just what the line looks like right now.
Add a crossing-window alert and you do not have to sit near the border refreshing the app. BorderSmart can tell you when a lane looks better than usual or when the wait becomes unusually heavy.
BorderSmart is free, requires no account, and works on both iOS and Android. Getting started takes under two minutes.
6 lanes
General, Ready, and SENTRI at both launch crossings
Try it on your next crossing.
Free on iOS and Android. Open BorderSmart before you leave and know whether now is the moment.