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September 28, 2015

Via EDGAR Filing
and e-mail

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Kathryn McHale

    Re:
    Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (the “Company”) Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-206588), as amended (the “Registration Statement”)—Acceleration Request

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we hereby request that the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement
and declare the Registration Statement, as amended, effective under the Securities Act at 4 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, September
29, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable. We also request that the Commission specifically confirm such effective date and
time to us in writing.

In connection with
the Company’s request for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement, we hereby acknowledge
the following: (1) 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; (2) 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 (3) 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.

    Sincerely,

    SEACOAST BANKING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA

    By:
    /s/ David D. Houdeshell

    David D. Houdeshell

    Chief Risk Officer