The invention provides a method for preparing a high-specific-surface-area porous graphitic nanocarbon plate with coconut shells serving as raw materials, and relates to a preparation method of a graphitic nanocarbon material, and the method is used for solving the problems of conventional preparation method of the graphitic nanocarbon material that the production cost is high, the process is complex, the safety is poor, the output is low, the industrialization is hard to realize, and the prepared graphitic nanocarbon material is low in specific surface area and poor in graphitic degree. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1, preprocessing the raw materials; 2, coordinating the raw materials with catalysts and activating agents; 3, curing the coordination compound; 4, thermally treating under an inert gas condition; and 5, carrying out acid leaching, washing by distilled water, and drying, so as to obtain the high-specific-surface-area porous graphitic nanocarbon plate. The porous graphitic nanocarbon plate prepared by the method provided by the invention is high in specific surface area, high in graphitic degree and excellent in electrochemical performance; the method is simple, low in energy consumption, high in safety, and suitable for industrial production; and a scientific way is provided for realizing the resource utilization of biological wastes like the coconut shells.