US. Customs and Border Protection agents patrol the coastline bordering San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico for illegal activity in the early morning hours from 4:30am until 8:00am.

High Seas Border Patrol

From the sea and the air, agents are guarding the waters off San Diego

Photographs for TIME by Todd Bigelow / Aurora

Postcard from San Diego

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