The invention discloses a novel cable recovery device for ocean engineering, and relates to the field of cable recovery. The novel cable recovery device for the ocean engineering comprises a base, the top side of the base is fixedly provided with a motor, two installing plates and a sliding groove, wherein one sides of the installing plates are provided with through groove openings, and rotating shafts are rotationally installed on the sides, close to each other, of the two installing plates correspondingly, and the output end of the motor is connected to one end of one of the rotating shafts through a transmission part. According to the novel cable recovery device, the motor is started to drive a driving wheel, so that a belt can drive a driven rotating wheel to enable the rotating shafts to rotate, then a linkage shaft drives a rod and an inserting rod to enable a winding reel to automatically wind a cable, meanwhile, the driven rotating wheel rotates to drive a round rod to displace, a swing rod is driven to generate angle change during displacement, a rotating plate is pushed to displace teeth, and a linkage gear enables a threaded rod to rotate, so that a moving part moves in a reciprocating manner, and the cable is uniformly wound in the recycling process.