Kayaker Tim Taylor is continuing up the South Taranaki Bight after setting out from Whanganui this morning.

He's heading in the direction of Patea, and on the way passes by Waverley. Tim's named his kayak Waverley.

Tim Taylor.

'He's hoping to get to Patea,” says Lyn Taylor.

'He decided to rest up at Himatangi to get his game ready for Egmont.

'Egmont is a tricky area, it's a bit gnarly – so he rested up there for the day.”

She thinks it is hard going today for Tim because the Spot Tracker marks are close together – an indication of rough or windy weather.

In Whanganui, he stayed with AMF boats owner Brian Collings. The Collings have been following Tim's progress on his website.

'They took a boat out and met him with a newspaper guy on board,” says Lyn.

There is a story and ‘quite a nice picture' on the Wanganui Chronicle website.

Today Lyn is baking for when they meet up with him at New Plymouth this weekend.

'We are just looking forward to seeing him – my husband hasn't seen him since Kaikoura just after Christmas, so I'm just doing some baking for him, like you do.”

The marine forecast for sea area Stephens is for a 15 knot breeze off the land and a following sea in mainly fine weather.

Tomorrow's forecast is for cloud and drizzle before conditions are expected to close out for the weekend.

By Saturday the wind is expected to strengthen to 30 knots with a rough sea, swinging round to the northwest later in the day, and easing late Sunday.

Tim set out from Tauranga on November 27 in his effort to become the first person to circum-kayak New Zealand in a single voyage.