# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001518621
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-006600
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 3288
**Document Hash:** 6c032355ec871769e6f57c30690956a0
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-006600.hdr.sgml**: 20230228

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-006600

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230125

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001518621
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 273269228
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** CORRESP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3305 FLAMINGO DRIVE
- **CITY:** VERO BEACH
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32963
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 772-231-1400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3305 FLAMINGO DRIVE
- **CITY:** VERO BEACH
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32963

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3305 Flamingo Drive

Vero Beach, Florida 32963

January 25, 2023

**<u>VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL</u>**

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Real Estate and Construction

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Pearlyne Paulemon

**<u>Orchid Island Capital, Inc.</u>**

**<u>Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-269339)</u>**

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-269339), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 20, 2023, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on January 25, 2023 (as so amended, the "Registration Statement") to 4:00 p.m. on January 27, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company acknowledges the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 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.

Please contact S. Gregory Cope of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at (202) 639-6526 with any questions you may have concerning this request. In addition, please provide a copy of the Commission's order declaring the Registration Statement effective to Mr. Cope via email at gcope@velaw.com.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC. | ORCHID ISLAND CAPITAL, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Robert E. Cauley |
| Name: Robert E. Cauley | Name: Robert E. Cauley |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board | Title: Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board |

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