Superhydrophobic surfaces have great potential in the fields of waterproof, anti-fouling, anti-icing, self-cleaning, etc, due to their excellent anti-wetting characteristics. The composite superhydrophobic coating, which has many advantages such as larger range of applicable substrates, easy processing and application and low cost, is one of the most prospective superhydrophobic surface technologies for real-world application. However, this kind of coating generally suffers from poor mechanical properties, which seriously hinders its practical application. Summarizes and compares different building methods of superhydrophobic surfaces, briefly introduces the conditions and mechanisms affecting the mechanical properties of composite superhydrophobic coatings, reviews the progress made by domestic and foreign researchers in recent years to improve the mechanical properties of the composite superhydrophobic coatings, by focusing on the methods of improving the binding force between polymer materials and micro-nano particle fillers, enhancing the inherent mechanical properties of polymer materials and micro-nano particle fillers, optimizing the micro-nano morphology of coating surfaces, self-healing mechanisms is introduced. It mainly introduces new polymer materials and micro-nano particle fillers that could enhance the mechanical property of the coating, and the new application methods that could optimize the morphology of coating surfaces and enhance the binding force between ploymer materials and micro-nano particle fillers. Finally, the common problems in studies a are summarized, and the development trend of coating materials with excellent mechanical properties are prospected.