Tauranga kayaker Tim Taylor is sitting on a beach south of Gisborne waiting out bad weather.

His spot tracker began broadcasting help messages at 12.31pm on Tuesday and Tim's parents have received a lot of calls from people concerned about the Tauranga kayaker's safety.

His mum Lyn says Tim is safe as he sits on a beach in Whareongaonga Bay waiting for calm weather.

Tim Taylor is encountering bad weather near Gisborne on his circum kayak of New Zealand.

Tim left Tauranga on November 27 setting out on a non stop circum kayak of New Zealand.

Tim departed Gisborne on Tuesday morning heading for the Mahia peninsula.

The MetService marine forecast issued for the area on Tuesday is for southwest winds rising to 30 knots on Wednesday evening, rough seas and a southeast swell rising to 3m.

The outlook is for a southeast wind strengthening to 35 knots late Thursday, before dying away early Friday.

Late Friday the wind goes round to a 15knot northeast, tending southwest early Saturday and blowing 25knots from the north.