The invention discloses a marine dining table with a six-DOF (degree of freedom) wave active compensation function and a compensation method. The marine dining table is characterized in that a rotary platform parallel to an upper platform is arranged right above the upper platform, and a table top is fixedly connected right above the rotary platform through table legs; the center of the rotary platform is connected with an upper end of a vertical transmission shaft, the lower end of the transmission shaft extends out of a center hole in the upper platform with clearance and is coaxially and fixedly connected with an output shaft of a hydraulic motor; an angle sensor is arranged the lower end of the transmission shaft, five servo cylinders are connected between the upper platform and a lower platform, one servo cylinder is vertically connected to centers of the upper platform and the lower platform, and the other four servo cylinders are uniformly arranged in the circumferential direction of the edges of the upper platform and the lower platform and are mounted in an inclined manner; the vertical servo cylinder compensates heaving motion, the four inclined servo cylinders compensate swaying motion, surging motion, heaving motion, rolling motion and pitching motion, and the hydraulic motor compensates yawing motion, therefore, one safe and stable dining table is provided when a ship is in a swinging state.