The invention discloses an essence explosion proof type liquid level height detecting device and aw method. The essence explosion proof type liquid level detecting device comprises a wavelength analyzer, an optical cable, and a fiber grating buoyancy drawing device, wherein the fiber grating buoyancy drawing device comprises a buoyancy pontoon, a fiber grating and a fixing end, the wavelength analyzer emits light wave with certain frequency range to the fiber grating through the optical cable and receives the light wave reflected back by the fiber grating, the reflected light is analyzed, and the liquid level height of the liquid to be detected is calculated. Compared with the prior art, the device and the method have the advantages that the detected point can have no power supply, the device can be widely applied to explosive and flammable environment or highfield powerful electromagnetic environment such as petrochemical industry, and the like, the detection in a long distance can be realized; meanwhile, the detection accuracy is high, the millimetre-sized accurate measurement can be realized; moreover, the device and the method can realize network interconnection to intensively monitor the liquid level height of a plurality of places.