KITTERY — A long-distance swimmer is braving the frigid ocean waters between New Hampshire and Maine to raise money for lighthouses.

Gary Sredzienski is making a 4-mile swim today between Rye, N.H., and his hometown of Kittery to benefit the Maine-based American Lighthouse Foundation and its local chapter, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses. The swim was to begin at 1 p.m. and is expected to end four hours later.

Sredzienski will begin his swim at at Odiorne Point in Rye with stops at Whaleback and Portsmouth Harbor lighthouses before ending at roughly 5 p.m. at Kittery Point in Maine.

Afterward, Sredzienski – who is an accomplished accordion player – and his band, the Serfs, will play at a celebration party at Captain and Patty’s restaurant in Kittery.