Abstract To obtain spray resistance directly, a prismatic planing hull test was conducted in a towing tank in static water. The characteristic angles of the standing line and leading edge line of the spray zone were obtained through the fixed flight test of the whole prismatic planing hull. The prismatic planing hull was divided into front and rear parts along the standing line, and then the fixed flight state test of the split planing hull was carried out, and the spray resistance was directly measured by the front planing hull. The results show that the percentage of splash resistance in the total resistance is from 15.83 % to 30.10 % under the condition of high-speed planing; Split planing hull model test is an effective method for direct measurement of spray resistance.