Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	The sole purpose of this amendment to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 31, 2014, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2014, is to correct a typographical error in Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q, which contains the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Interactive Data File for the financial statements and notes included in Part I, Item 1 of the Form 10-Q. No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q. This Amendment speaks as of the original filling date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occured subsequent to the original filling date, and does not modity or update in any way disclosure made in the Form 10-Q that may have been affected by subsequent events.
Document Period End Date	Jan. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	ZQK
Entity Registrant Name	QUIKSILVER INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000805305
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		170,413,719