LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned(s) hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints Sharon Mehl, Dennis S. Hudson, III and William
R.
Hahl, any one or more of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described
on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:



(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5

including any amendments thereto; with respect to the securities of

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, a Florida corporation (the

Company), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any

national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or

advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and

the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to

time (the Exchange Act);

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's

representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on
transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including
brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and


(3)	perform any and all other acts which in
the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for
and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.


The undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney
authorizes, but does not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their
discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without
independent verification of such
information;

(2)	any documents
prepared and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this power of
attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion, deem
necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither
the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (1) any liability for the
undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and


(4)	This Power of Attorney does
not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without
limitation the reporting requirements
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


The undersigned hereby gives
and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary
or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present,
hereby ratifying all that such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.


		This authorization shall supersede
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 a director and(or) officer of
the Company and
remain in full force and effect thereafter for so long as
the undersigned
(in his or her individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any
other
capacity) has any obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to

securities of the Company, or until revoked by the undersigned in a
signed
writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 6th
day of June, 2005.





/s/ O. Jean
Strickland
Signature





O. Jean Strickland

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