The invention provides a local dry-type underwater friction stitch welding device. The device mainly consists of a sealing gasket (2), a cover body (3), a stopper adapter component (4), a hydraulic cylinder body (5), a transmission shaft (6), a support bearing (7), a hydraulic cylinder piston (8) and a hydraulic motor (9), wherein the stopper and a workpiece are in friction to produce heat in the friction stitch welding process, as heat convection is existeds in the environment with water, a large amount of the heat produced by the friction is lost; and the existing of water causes quenching for the workpiece, so as to greatly affect the welding process; . according According to the device provided by the invention, the novel cover body and the sealing gasket are arranged on a welding spindle head, the water is discharged through the high pressure gas during welding to form a local dry-type space, and then the welding is carried out. The device provided by the invention is simple in structure, convenient in use, reliable in performance, economical and practicable, and can be used for realizing underwater friction stitch welding.