elfbrewery
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Tecate border crossing going north
I have tried to find the weekday border wait crossing times for Tecate, but see only "average" and "today." Knowing Tecate is not a major crossing,
does it matter what time of day or day of the week one tries to cross going north? I normally plan border crossings for Tuesday-Thursday, but this
trip will have me crossing either Friday or Saturday.
Thanks for your advice!
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David K
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Friday at 4 pm was no line for me, as well. The Tue-Thu plan is wise, however.
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Thanks for the confirmation. Much appreciated.
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Any numbers you see will be guidelines. I've researched and studied the numbers for years and there is no pattern. When there should be no
lines, there are lines.
Friday 4pm would absolutely not work for me. Neither would early weekdays.
After discovering Mexicali East, I'll never cross Tecate N. again. (East Sunday early = no lines at all.)
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There is no place in Baja that you're more likely to get falsely cited for a traffic violation than near the border crossing at Tecate going north.
There are real crooks over there. Beware.
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Dk, what year was that? Things have changed with covid,… CBP staffing was slashed everywhere during covid, and staffing has been poorly
restored,… and peoples patterns of xing border are changing rapidly with the change in vax rules, change in travelers, change in commuters — lots
of things in flux, nothing is constant.
The border lines are only going to get worse with rapid return of tourism this year…
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Before the pandemic I always tried to cross at Tecate around 9-10am on Sunday. Usually it was a 15-20 minute wait. Now with the Pandemic who knows. It
seems to be all over the place.
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Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  |
Dk, what year was that? Things have changed with covid,… CBP staffing was slashed everywhere during covid, and staffing has been poorly
restored,… and peoples patterns of xing border are changing rapidly with the change in vax rules, change in travelers, change in commuters — lots
of things in flux, nothing is constant.
The border lines are only going to get worse with rapid return of tourism this year… |
The best times before Covid are still the best times after, perhaps just longer than before.
My last time driving my truck north through Tecate was August 2018. In 2019, I was a passenger with TV show crews, twice. Otay in Feb. and Mexicali
East in May.
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2 hours friday around 2:30 at Mexicali west. going north.
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Bob and Susan
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last time at tecate///90 minutes at 11am
tecate is not the best place to cross
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