Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

815 Colorado Avenue

Stuart, Florida 34994

	February 10, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn:    Michael R. Clampitt Katelyn Donovan

Re:	Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida
	Registration Statement on Form S-4
	File No. 333-215181

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) so that the Registration Statement, as then amended, will become effective under the Securities Act at 10:00 a.m. ET on February 13, 2017 or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

·should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

·the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

·the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Andrew P. Alin of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP at (212) 504-6889 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

Very truly yours,

SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA

/s/ Stephen Fowle                                                                      

By: Stephen Fowle

Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

cc:	William P. Mills, Esq.
	Andrew P. Alin, Esq.
	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
	One World Financial Center
	New York, NY 10281

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