The invention discloses a
submarine cable secondary positioning method in geophysical exploration, which comprises the steps of: fixing a
transponder on a
submarine cable to be tested, installing an
underwater acoustic
transducer on a survey vessel, installing two transducers in the
underwater acoustic
transducer, wherein the two transducers form an ultrashort baseline array, wherein one
transducer is used as a receiving and transmitting combined transducer and the other one is only used as a receiving transducer; sending a call
signal by one transducer, recognizing the call
signal and sending a response
signal by the
transponder, receiving the response signal and
processing and figuring out geodetic coordinates of the
transponder to obtain a left position and a right position of the transponder in the survey vessel, and determining an accurate position of the transponder and the final geodetic coordinates. The invention overcomes the problem on positioning a
mirror image with the long baseline, improves the positioning accuracy and the positioning reliability, realizes the randomness of a positioning ship sailing at two sides of a
survey line, is convenient for marine positioning construction, increases the construction efficiency by one time and has a positioning accuracy superior to 1m.