LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, an owner of Seacoast
Banking Corporation of Florida, ("the Company") does hereby nominate,
constitute and appoint Sharon Mehl, Dennis S. Hudson, III and William R.
Hahl, or any one or more of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and execute and file
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his or her
individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) to comply with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof,
in connection with preparation, execution and filing of any report or
statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of
securities of the Company that the undersigned in his or her individual
capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) may be required to file
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Act, including specifically, but without
limitation, full power and authority to sign the undersigned's name, in his
or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity, to any
report or statement on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 or to any amendment
thereto, on any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

This authorization shall supercede
all prior authorizations in act for the undersigned with respect to
securities of the Company in these matters, which prior authorizations are
hereby revoked, and shall survive the termination of the undersigned's
status as an owner, director and (or) officer of the Company and remain in
effect thereafter for so long as the undersigned (in his or her individual
capacity or fiduciary or any other capacity) has any obligation under
Section 16 of the Act with respect to securities of the Company.

In
witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of May 2004.




/s/ Mary T. Hudson			 (Signature)



Mary T. Hudson				   (Print Name)