Tim Taylor's paddle up the West Coast is expected to take him into glacier country later today as he passes the mouths of the glacier fed Cook and Waiho River.

After a rest day ashore on Thursday, Tim set out from Hunt's Beach at the Manakaiaua River mouth this morning.

By mid morning Tim was passing the mouth of the Fox Glacier fed Cook River.

If he maintains progress he could be passing the Waiho River mouth early afternoon.

The next coastal settlement is a little further up the coast at Okarito.

In his trip reports on www.nzkayaker.com, Tim reports battling strong northerly currents in his paddle up the coast.

The wind came up while he was having lunch at Hunt Beach, halting progress.

A chat with locals scored him a bed for the night at the Mahitahi Lodge at Bruce Bay where he updated is comments.

The MetService forecast for sea area Grey today is for a southwest wind at 15 knots, rising to northwest 25 knots south of Cape Foulwind this evening with seas becoming rough in the south. The southwest swell is expected to rise to three metres. Fair visibility in occasional rain developing this afternoon.
The outlook for Tim's weekend is for a 15 knot southwesterly easing Sunday to variable 10 knots. Southwest swell becoming heavy on Saturday, easing Sunday.

Tim set out from Tauranga on November 27 with the intent to be the first person to solo kayak around New Zealand in one voyage.