Polish adventure-kayaker Aleksander Doba could be in Florida by tomorrow, according to his friend and fellow kayaker Piotr Chmielinski.

Mr Doba is now less than 240 nautical miles from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and could reach US soil by tomorrow, becoming the first man to kayak solo across the Atlantic Ocean from continent to continent. He set off from Portugal in October last year.

“I expect Olek will land in Florida this week — could be as early as Wednesday,” wrote an excited Mr Chmielinski in an update early Monday morning.

Mr Doba arrived in Bermuda on February 24 to repair a broken rudder, which came unhinged during five severe storms in January. The storms pushed him north, away from his originally intended course and towards Bermuda.

In order to restart his record bid, Mr Doba, 67, returned to the spot 300 miles south of Bermuda to restart his journey on March 25.