Border Intelligence Center
Official CBP Wait Times • Updated Automatically Throughout the Day
- San Ysidro 100 min SENTRI 10 min Heavy delay
- Otay Mesa 60 min SENTRI 20 min Heavy delay
- Tecate 60 min Current wait Heavy delay
- Pedestrian 15 min at San Ysidro Moving well
- USD / MXN 17.0260 Exchange rate
- Best crossing Otay Mesa 60 min
- Updated 1:12 pm Official CBP feed
Detailed Border Wait Times (CBP)
| Port of Entry | General | Sentri | Pedestrian |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro | 100 min | 10 min | 15 min |
| Otay Mesa | 60 min | 20 min | 45 min |
| Tecate | 60 min | — | 30 min |
Estimated Total Travel Time
- From
- Colonia La Morita, Tijuana
- Drive
- 25 minutes
- Border wait
- 60 min
- Total estimate
- 85 min
Drive time is an estimate; the border wait is live and changes through the day. Check again before you travel.
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Vehicle Permits Official government resource
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Medical FastLane Official government resource
Patients attending medical appointments across the border may use the Cruce Agil / Medical FastLane northbound lane.
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Colonia La Morita Quick Facts
- Drive to San Ysidro 25 minutes
- Hospitals INSABI Mariano Matamoros, Capasits
- Parks & Recreation Parque Paseo Santa María
Welcome to Colonia La Morita, Tijuana
- Distance
- 15.2 miles
- Typical drive
- 25 minutes
- Closest crossing
- Otay Mesa
San Ysidro P.O. Box N Ship gives Colonia La Morita a real U.S. street address for the parcels American retailers will not send across the border — with notification on arrival and holding until you collect.
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About Colonia La Morita, Tijuana
La Morita sits on the axis where Avenida Acueducto meets the Carretera Antigua a Tecate, sixty-six hectares of housing between Hacienda Santa María, Paseo Santa María, El Florido IV and El Encino — the colonia the municipal record calls La Morita 2a Sección. Boulevard Los Olivos and the Corredor 2000 run close by.
Inside the colonia the pattern is residential and quiet: the Escuela Josefina Rendón Parra, and streets — Calle del Saucillo, Guerrero Negro, Gardenias, Calle Jacinto — that carry local traffic rather than through traffic. The services La Morita uses sit just outside it, and that is worth being precise about: the Chevron and the Cipres / Blvd. Olivos bus stop are around 600 metres out, Farmacias Roma and an Oxxo about 700, the Tzu-Chi schools and Secundaria Técnica 40 within a kilometre.
Civic services come from the Mariano Matamoros subdelegación — the police district office, the DIF and the Biblioteca Pública Manuel Clemente are all a little over a kilometre away — and formal retail from the Comercial Mexicana and the Plaza Sendero cinema, a mile and a half south. What none of them supply is the U.S. catalogue, which is where a border address comes in.
Colonia La Morita covers 66 hectares in the La Presa Este delegación, bordered by Ejido Francisco Villa 2da. Sección, El Encino (La Morita 2a Sección), El Florido IV and Fideicomiso El Florido. Avenida Acueducto and Avenida Las Fuentes carry the colonia, and the routed drive to the store is 15.2 miles — about 25 minutes of driving, with the border wait separate and reported live on this site.
- On the Avenida Acueducto axis
- Escuela Josefina Rendón Parra
- Carretera Antigua a Tecate frontage
- Mariano Matamoros services just over a kilometre
- Adjoins El Encino, La Morita 2a Sección
- Fifteen routed miles to the store
Neighbourhood insights
What makes Colonia La Morita, Tijuana distinctive?
La Morita is a residential colonia that takes its services from the settlements around it — Matamoros for civic offices, El Florido for retail — which makes a single collection point unusually useful.
Why do people here use a U.S. mailbox?
One San Ysidro address covers what several separate trips would otherwise cover, and U.S. sellers deliver to it as a domestic address rather than refusing the order.
Who uses the service most from this area?
Households ordering appliances, tools and clothing, and families buying for school at the campuses just outside the colonia.
Nearby landmarks
La Morita's own landmark is its primary school; everything else it uses — the pharmacy, the bus stop, the clinic, the library — sits in the colonias immediately around it, and this page marks the distance to each.
Government Services
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Distrito Policial - Mariano Matamoros
Public administration for the surrounding colonias, about 1.2 km outside the colonia.
Administrative errands and a border collection are commonly combined into one trip.
Healthcare
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INSABI Mariano Matamoros
A clinic used by households across Colonia La Morita, about 919 m outside the colonia.
Medical supply is one of the clearest cases for a border address: the seller will not ship south.
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Capasits
Health services for the colonia and its neighbours, about 999 m outside the colonia.
Clinical supplies arrive at a U.S. address and are collected in a single consolidated trip.
Education
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Josefina Rendon Parra
One of the colonia's school campuses, inside the colonia.
Course materials and devices are cheapest from U.S. sellers, and those sellers need a U.S. address.
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Escuela Prescolar Cuitlahuac
A campus inside Colonia La Morita, about 797 m outside the colonia.
Students and staff order laptops, texts and equipment from U.S. sellers that refuse Mexican addresses.
Parks & Recreation
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Parque Paseo Santa María
Green and sporting space for Colonia La Morita, about 466 m outside the colonia.
Equipment for the teams and families who use it arrives at a U.S. address.
Transportation
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Otay Mesa Port of Entry
The crossing most collections from Colonia La Morita use; the store is on the San Ysidro side.
Routed drive only — border wait is separate, and the Border Intelligence Center reports it live.
Border crossing
The nearest crossing for Colonia La Morita, Tijuana is Otay Mesa. Wait times vary considerably by hour and by day, and both pedestrian and vehicle lanes are worth checking before you travel — the pedestrian lane is often much faster when you are collecting a parcel rather than moving goods by car.
Bring the documents the crossing requires of you. A mailbox adds no further requirement of its own: collecting mail is an ordinary errand on the U.S. side.
Driving directions
Toward the Otay Mesa crossing, then west along the U.S. side to the store.
- Parking
- Free parking directly outside the store. La Morita is residential with street parking generally available.
- Public transport
- Avenida Acueducto and the Carretera Antigua a Tecate carry the colonia west, with the Corredor 2000 a short distance away.
Travel times
- Distance
- about 15.2 miles
- Estimated driving time
- 25 minutes
- Plus border wait
- Varies at Otay Mesa, often by hours. Check current wait times before travelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this La Morita or La Morita 2a Sección?
This page covers La Morita itself. The municipal record names the adjoining colonia El Encino (La Morita 2a Sección); both names are in local use and the distinction matters on a mailbox agreement.
There is not much inside the colonia itself.
That is accurate, and this page says so. La Morita is residential; its shops, clinics and civic offices are in the neighbouring colonias, mostly within a kilometre.
Can more than one person collect?
Yes, once each person is named on the mailbox agreement.
Can I receive Amazon packages?
Yes. A San Ysidro street address is treated as an ordinary U.S. delivery address, including by Amazon.
Will I be told when a parcel arrives?
Yes — you are notified, so the crossing happens when there is something to collect.
Why customers from Colonia La Morita, Tijuana choose us
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A real U.S. mailing address
A street address rather than a PO Box number, so retailers and carriers that refuse PO Boxes will still deliver.
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Secure package receiving
Parcels are signed for, logged and held securely until you collect them.
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Border convenience
Positioned for the Otay Mesa crossing, so collecting a parcel is an errand rather than an expedition.
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Mail forwarding
Have mail and parcels sent onward when collecting in person is not practical.
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Digital mailbox
See what has arrived without making the trip, and decide what to do with it.
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Bilingual support
Staff who work in English and Spanish, every day, for customers on both sides of the border.
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Business services
Notary, printing and a registered address businesses can use for supplier deliveries.
Why customers trust us
- Secure & Reliable Locked mailboxes and monitored premises
- Bilingual Team English and Spanish, every day
- Every Major Carrier UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL accepted
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