The invention provides a device for testing underwater brisance of an explosive, comprising a pressure device and an explosion chamber; wherein, the explosion chamber comprises a tube upper seal, a tube body, a tube lower seal; when brisance is tested, the inside of a tube chamber is sealed, an explosion sample, a primer, a sheet steel and a lead block are arranged inside the tube chamber; water is injected to submerge the explosive sample, gas is injected into a chamber above the water; pressure is increased to the pressure of simulative corresponding positions under the water; then the explosive is detonated, the length of the lead block before and after the explosion, in such a way, simulative brisance in case of explosion under the same condition under the water can be worked out. Since brisance is one of the important parameters for measuring explosion property of the explosive, the measurement of the brisance is conducive to further guiding development on under water blasting and the explosive therefore. The device of the invention can adopt the simulative deepwater environment to measure brisance of the explosive at different water depths, thus solving the problem that measurement of the brisance in case of underwater blasting is difficult.