Tauranga kayaker Tim Taylor is kayaking along the Canterbury Bight after rounding Banks Peninsula over the weekend.

Time Taylor.

Tim set out Sunday from Clifton after staying in the city on Saturday. He paddled to Akaroa by Sunday afternoon, camping in Lucas Bay on the eastern side of the Akaroa harbour entrance.

By 8am Monday Tim was paddling towards Birdlings Flat, and the left turn down the Bight towards Timaru.

Tim left Tauranga on November 27, intending to become the first person to circum kayak New Zealand on a single voyage.

He crossed Cook Strait to begin the southern section of the paddle on New Year's Eve.