Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements - Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Trade accounts receivable, net	$ 251,947		$ 251,947		$ 311,014
Inventories	291,248		291,248		284,517
Assets, Current	674,279		674,279		741,000
Assets held for sale, net of current portion	0		0		5,394
Total assets	1,138,592		1,138,592		1,255,982
Income taxes payable	0		0		1,124
Current portion of assets held for sale	0		0		13,266
Liabilities, Current	309,866		309,866		350,387
Liabilities	1,153,225		1,153,225		1,199,748
Accumulated deficit	(635,771)		(635,771)		(587,407)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	34,517		34,517		57,288	65,177	73,918
Stockholders’/invested equity	(14,633)		(14,633)		53,876
Non-controlling interest	0		0		2,358
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(14,633)	330,518	(14,633)	330,518	56,234		384,199
Revenues, net	333,052	396,941	673,906	791,851
Gross Margin	156,798	194,290	326,242	394,930
Operating Income (Loss)	(19,084)	(18,214)	(20,399)	(22,241)
Loss from continuing operations	(37,594)	(37,880)	(55,884)	(59,770)
Net loss	(37,594)	(53,124)	(48,364)	(36,933)
Net loss per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc. (usd per share)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.31)	$ (0.28)	$ (0.22)
As Previously Reported
Trade accounts receivable, net					319,840
Inventories					278,780
Assets, Current					744,089
Assets held for sale, net of current portion					2,987
Total assets					1,256,664
Income taxes payable					1,156
Current portion of assets held for sale					12,640
Liabilities, Current					349,793
Liabilities					1,199,154
Accumulated deficit					(585,263)
Accumulated other comprehensive income					57,298
Stockholders’/invested equity					56,030
Non-controlling interest					1,480
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest					57,510
Revenues, net		397,121		789,733
Gross Margin		194,354		394,189
Operating Income (Loss)		(18,152)		(22,982)
Loss from continuing operations		(37,817)		(60,511)
Net loss		(53,061)		(37,674)
Americas
Identifiable assets					464,831
Americas | As Previously Reported
Revenues, net		186,427		359,592
Gross Margin		78,972		154,082
Operating Income (Loss)		(21,920)		(36,593)
Identifiable assets					467,920
EMEA
Identifiable assets					513,303
EMEA | As Previously Reported
Identifiable assets					$ 510,896