The invention discloses a sealing property detection device of a water cavity of a bipolar plate of a fuel cell, and a detection method thereof. The device comprises a gas source, a pressure stabilizing valve, a pressure gauge, an anode cavity valve, a cathode cavity valve, a press rotating handle, a press upper die, a water cavity valve, a test upper end plate, a first membrane electrode, a measured polar plate, a second membrane electrode, a voltmeter, a test lower end plate and a press lower die; and during the detection, the anode cavity valve, the cathode cavity valve and the water cavityvalve are closed, the valve of the pressure stabilizing valve is opened, the pressure range is adjusted to 0.05-0.2MPa, after the reading of the voltmeter is stable, the reading of the voltmeter is observed, and if an absolute value of the voltage is higher than 0.1V, it is deemed that leakage exists. The sealing property detection device disclosed by the invention utilizes a voltage signal as the judgment of the gas tightness, the sensitivity is high, the detection speed is high, the signal is collected easily, automatic operation is realized, and it is conducive to improving the productiondetection efficiency.