Plan northbound San Ysidro and Otay Mesa crossings with lane-level waits, freshness, confidence, alerts, and bilingual support.
BorderSmart helps San Diego-Tijuana crossers plan northbound trips through San Ysidro and Otay Mesa.
Open the app for a quick answer on General, Ready Lane, and SENTRI waits. Save your regular lane as My Lane, compare every supported lane on the board, and use freshness, confidence, and likely-range cues to decide whether to go now or wait.
BorderSmart combines public border wait-time data, historical patterns, traffic context, and optional crossing reports to help estimate what the wait may look like next.
Use BorderSmart to:
- compare San Ysidro and Otay Mesa General, Ready Lane, and SENTRI waits
- save one lane as My Lane for a faster home screen
- view a planning range instead of false precision
- check freshness and confidence before trusting an estimate
- open lane detail for supporting cues and best-time-today guidance
- create alerts for good crossing windows and unusually heavy waits
- start, finish, or cancel a crossing from the app
- switch between English and Spanish
- keep reading cached lane data when connectivity is poor
BorderSmart does not require an account. Forecasts are estimates, not guarantees, and the app shows its trust cues so you can judge the current reading before you leave.
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- Plan another day now opens at the current time of day.
- Typical waits now draw on more than three years of CBP wait history (SANDAG and CBP), including past Thanksgivings and other holidays.
- Plan another day appears only on lanes it covers.
Version 1.3.6
The developer, Manuel Ruiz, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Manuel Ruiz
Size
64 MB
Category
Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.