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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GILBERT A DOUGLAS   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SEACOAST BANKING CORP OF FLORIDA [SBCF] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr. EVP & Chief Operating Off. (Last) (First) (Middle) 815 COLORADO AVENUE, P. O. BOX 9012 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/26/2004 (Street) STUART, FL 34995 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/26/2004   J(1)   3,500 D $ 0 (1) 76,792 (2) D (2)   Common Stock 11/26/2004   G(3)   3,500 D $ 0 (3) 73,292 (2) D (2)   Common Stock 11/26/2004   G(3)   3,500 A $ 0 (3) 34,951 I Held by spouse Common Stock               20,829 D (4)   Common Stock               330 I Held by Son Common Stock               660 D (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Right to Buy (6)

$ 5.303

02/21/1999

02/20/2005

Common Stock

9,900

9,900

D

Common Stock Right to Buy (7)

$ 6.5909

06/18/2000

06/17/2006

Common Stock

18,770.4

18,770.4

D

Common Stock Right to Buy (7)

$ 7.7273 (8)

05/20/2001

05/20/2007

Common Stock

19,800

19,800

D

Common Stock Right to Buy (7)

$ 8.7879 (9)

07/01/1999

06/30/1999

Common Stock

72,600

72,600

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GILBERT A DOUGLAS 815 COLORADO AVENUE, P. O. BOX 9012 STUART, FL 34995	X		Sr. EVP & Chief Operating Off.

Signatures

A. Douglas Gilbert		11/26/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposition to ex-wife by legal decree under divorce agreement
(2)	28,000 shares represent unvested shares in a time-based restricted stock award (RSA) granted under Seacoast's 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest in 7,000 share increments on each anniversary of the date of grant (11/17/03), subject to continued employment. Another 35,000 shares represent a performance based RSA granted under the 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan which shall vest, subject to continued employment, over a 5-year performance period beginning Jan.1, 2004 as to the following percentage of shares based on the Company's EPS growth over the performance period compared to fiscal year 2003 EPS: 38% EPS growth=25% vesting; 50% EPS growth=50% vesting; 75% EPS growth=75% vesting; 85% EPS growth=100% vesting. Notwithstanding the above, 100% of the performance based RSA shall vest on the 5th anniversary of the grant date if the Company achieves an ROE of at least 16.5% for 3 consecutive quarters during the performance period, regardless of whether the EPS targets are met.
(3)	Gifted to spouse
(4)	Held jointly with spouse
(5)	Held in IRA
(6)	Granted pursuant to Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida's 1991 Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan
(7)	Granted pursuant to Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida's 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(8)	The Form 4 filing software only allows for numbers to be expressed up to four decimal places. The actual price of Mr. Gilbert's stock options is $7.72727.
(9)	The Form 4 filing software only allows for numbers to be expressed up to four decimal places. The actual price of Mr. Gilbert's stock options is $8.787879.

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