The invention discloses a method for preparing flaky hookah charcoal from a coconut shell raw material. The method comprises the steps of: mixing coconut shell charcoal powder with pelelith powder, potassium nitrate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and glucose; adding a certain proportion of water into the mixed powder, fully stirring the mixture, then pouring the stirred mixture into a tablet machine for compression molding; and placing the material after compression molding in a drying device for drying to obtain flaky coconut shell hookah charcoal. The products prepared by adopting the methodfor preparing flaky hookah charcoal from the coconut shell raw material has the advantages of easy ignition, clean and safe combustion, good user experience, and growing demand in domestic and international markets.