Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net	$ 335,900	$ 336,134	$ 333,052	$ 340,854	$ 401,388	$ 378,215	$ 396,941	$ 394,910		$ 1,345,940	$ 1,571,454	$ 1,819,544
Cost of goods sold										724,560	808,244	943,972
Gross profit	133,746	161,392	156,798	169,444	187,209	181,071	194,290	200,640		621,380	763,210	875,572
Selling, general and administrative expense										692,824	827,181	857,557
Asset impairments										118,538	189,131	12,327
Operating loss										(189,982)	(253,102)	5,688
Interest expense, net										66,729	75,991	71,049
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										6,108	2,658	4,689
Equity in earnings										0	0	0
Reorganization items										35,236	0	0
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(298,055)	(331,751)	(70,050)
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										15,637	(4,357)	166,220
Loss from continuing operations										(313,692)	(327,394)	(236,270)
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										6,732	9,440	5,886
Net loss										(306,960)	(317,954)	(230,384)
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										788	9,891	960
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.	$ (133,096)	$ (124,712)	$ (37,594)	$ (10,770)	$ (50,538)	(220,592)	(53,124)	$ 16,191		(306,172)	(308,063)	(229,424)
Other comprehensive loss										(42,343)	(16,630)	(12,494)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(348,515)	(324,693)	(241,918)
Impairments						$ 4,000	$ 15,000			79,583	178,197	0
Quiksilver, Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net										461	465	464
Cost of goods sold										0	193	0
Gross profit										461	272	464
Selling, general and administrative expense										13,120	36,514	54,002
Asset impairments										0	2,043	0
Operating loss										(12,659)	(38,285)	(53,538)
Interest expense, net										39,917	46,464	39,487
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										(355)	(216)	318
Equity in earnings										242,644	223,412	134,970
Reorganization items										11,260
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(306,125)	(307,945)	(228,313)
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										47	119	422
Loss from continuing operations										(306,172)	(308,064)	(228,735)
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										0	0	(689)
Net loss										(306,172)	(308,064)	(229,424)
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										0	0	0
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(306,172)	(308,064)	(229,424)
Other comprehensive loss										(42,343)	(16,630)	(12,494)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(348,515)	(324,694)	(241,918)
QS Wholesale, Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net										302,686	340,819	428,193
Cost of goods sold										191,937	214,431	255,992
Gross profit										110,749	126,388	172,201
Selling, general and administrative expense										123,470	113,530	131,560
Asset impairments										62,480	40,430	1,646
Operating loss										(75,201)	(27,572)	38,995
Interest expense, net										4,245	2,917	4,359
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										(440)	(269)	56
Equity in earnings										(7,625)	4,509	2,739
Reorganization items										22,974
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(94,355)	(34,729)	31,841
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(714)	584	(665)
Loss from continuing operations										(93,641)	(35,313)	32,506
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										0	0	0
Net loss										(93,641)	(35,313)	32,506
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										0	0	0
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(93,641)	(35,313)	32,506
Other comprehensive loss										0	0	0
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(93,641)	(35,313)	32,506
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net										275,676	362,182	475,855
Cost of goods sold										181,725	258,055	332,599
Gross profit										93,951	104,127	143,256
Selling, general and administrative expense										120,742	160,695	137,148
Asset impairments										20,606	4,267	5,939
Operating loss										(47,397)	(60,835)	169
Interest expense, net										(4)	(5)	1
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										480	66	(4)
Equity in earnings										0	0	0
Reorganization items										958
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(48,831)	(60,896)	172
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										648	(17,531)	(3,488)
Loss from continuing operations										(49,479)	(43,365)	3,660
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										(2)	29,244	5,211
Net loss										(49,481)	(14,121)	8,871
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										0	0	0
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(49,481)	(14,121)	8,871
Other comprehensive loss										0	0	0
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(49,481)	(14,121)	8,871
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net										869,189	1,025,745	1,158,281
Cost of goods sold										445,202	487,092	548,582
Gross profit										423,987	538,653	609,699
Selling, general and administrative expense										441,846	522,649	559,152
Asset impairments										35,452	142,391	4,742
Operating loss										(53,311)	(126,387)	45,805
Interest expense, net										22,571	26,615	27,202
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										6,423	3,077	4,319
Equity in earnings										0	0	0
Reorganization items										44
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										(82,349)	(156,079)	14,284
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										15,656	12,471	169,951
Loss from continuing operations										(98,005)	(168,550)	(155,667)
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										6,734	(19,804)	1,353
Net loss										(91,271)	(188,354)	(154,314)
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										788	9,891	960
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(90,483)	(178,463)	(153,354)
Other comprehensive loss										(42,343)	(16,630)	(12,494)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										(132,826)	(195,093)	(165,848)
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net										(102,072)	(157,757)	(243,249)
Cost of goods sold										(94,304)	(151,527)	(193,201)
Gross profit										(7,768)	(6,230)	(50,048)
Selling, general and administrative expense										(6,354)	(6,207)	(24,305)
Asset impairments										0	0	0
Operating loss										(1,414)	(23)	(25,743)
Interest expense, net										0	0	0
Foreign currency (gain)/loss										0	0	0
Equity in earnings										(235,019)	(227,921)	(137,709)
Reorganization items										0
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes										233,605	227,898	111,966
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes										0	0	0
Loss from continuing operations										233,605	227,898	111,966
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations										0	0	11
Net loss										233,605	227,898	111,977
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest										0	0	0
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										233,605	227,898	111,977
Other comprehensive loss										42,343	16,630	12,494
Comprehensive loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										275,948	244,528	$ 124,471
APAC [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Impairments									$ 6,000	6,207	0
Americas and Asia Pacific [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Impairments										80,000
DC Shoes [Member] | QS Wholesale, Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairments											$ 38,000
DC Shoes [Member] | APAC [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Impairments										$ 6,000