The invention discloses an underwater image enhancement processing method which combines a homomorphic filtering method with a biorthogonal wavelet threshold filtering method. The underwater image enhancement processing method mainly includes the following steps: A), performing logarithm operation on an original image acquired underwater to acquire Z (x,y); B), performing discrete Fourier transformation on Z (x,y) to acquire Z (u,v); C), performing homomorphic filtering processing on Z (u,v) to acquire S (u,v); D), performing Fourier inversion on S (u,v) to acquire s (x,y); E),performing exponent operation on s (x,y) to acquire a processed image g (x,y); F), applying the biorthogonal wavelet threshold filtering method to process the image. By the underwater image enhancement processing method, noise of the image can be removed, contrast ratio of the image is increased, illumination uniformity of a processed underwater image is improved, both balanced filtering and median filtering of a peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) histogram are improved, underwater image quality is improved, and the underwater image enhancement processing method has certain practical value in improving underwater image quality.