About Don't Wait

Don't Wait shows live wait times for every land border crossing between the United States and its neighbors — Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Wait times come straight from the government agencies that staff each crossing: U.S. Customs and Border Protection for traffic entering the United States, and the Canada Border Services Agency for traffic entering Canada.

We poll those feeds every five minutes, cache the result on Cloudflare's edge, and store every snapshot so you can see how a crossing's wait times typically look on a Tuesday morning vs. a Sunday evening. No accounts required.

Don't Wait is a spiritual successor to the original Border Buddy app. It's intentionally simple, fast, and ad-light. We may add ads or an optional paid tier to cover hosting, but the basic wait-time lookup will always be free.

How wait times work

The CBP feed reports an estimated wait for each lane group (passenger standard, NEXUS/SENTRI, FAST, etc.) at each crossing. Numbers are updated roughly hourly while a port is staffed and reflect the wait reported by CBP officers at that port. The CBSA feed works the same way for northbound traffic.

We display whatever the feeds publish — we don't smooth, predict, or alter numbers. If a lane shows "no data" or "update pending," that's because the upstream feed hasn't reported one recently. Treat all numbers as estimates.

Contact

Found a bug, a wrong location, or a crossing we're missing? Email hello@dontwait.app.