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Business Combinations - Purchase Price (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 07, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 20, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2018 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of NorthStar Banking Corporation common shares outstanding \| shares				46,983,165	46,917,735
Gulf Shore Banc shares Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares exchanged for cash		$ 8,034
Number of GulfShore Bancshares, Inc. common shares outstanding \| shares		5,464
Total purchase price		$ 70,917
Per share exchange ratio		0.4807
Number of shares of Seacoast common stock issued \| shares		2,627
Multiplied by common stock price per share \| $ / shares		$ 23.94
Value of common stock issued		$ 62,883
Number of Palm Beach Community Bank Common shares outstanding \| shares		5,464
NorthStar Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares exchanged for cash			$ 4,701
Number of NorthStar Banking Corporation common shares outstanding \| shares			1,958
Total purchase price			$ 32,855
Cash paid for NorthStar Banking vested Corporation stock options			$ 801
Per share exchange ratio			0.5605
Number of shares of Seacoast common stock issued \| shares			1,098
Multiplied by common stock price per share \| $ / shares			$ 24.92
Value of common stock issued			$ 27,353
Palm Beach Community Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares exchanged for cash	$ 15,694
Number of GulfShore Bancshares, Inc. common shares outstanding \| shares	2,507
Total purchase price	$ 72,006
Per share exchange ratio	0.9240
Number of shares of Seacoast common stock issued \| shares	2,316
Multiplied by common stock price per share \| $ / shares	$ 24.31
Value of common stock issued	$ 56,312
Number of Palm Beach Community Bank Common shares outstanding \| shares	2,507