Tauranga kayaker Tim Taylor is at Abel Tasman National Park following a massive paddle on Thursday.

He paddled the 30km length of Farewell Spit, rounding the end of it at lunchtime, and then paddling a similar distance south to Awaroa in Abel Tasman National Park.

Tim Taylor.

His spot tracker has Tim rounding the end of the spit at12.22pm and closing on Awaroa at about 5pm.

Tim set out from Tauranga on November 27 to be the first person to kayak round New Zealand in a single voyage.

Repeat encounters with bad weather around the southern end of the South Island and Stewart Island have forced delays that have set back the original estimated March/April finish.