Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements - Income Statement (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 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	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [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
Gross profit	133,746	161,392	156,798	169,444	187,209	181,071	194,290	200,640	621,380	763,210	875,572
Operating (loss)/income									(189,982)	(253,102)	5,688
Loss from continuing operations									(313,692)	(327,394)	(236,270)
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)
Net loss per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc. (usd per share)									$ (1.79)	$ (1.81)	$ (1.37)
Operating Segments [Member] | Americas Segment [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Revenues, net									$ 618,691	$ 724,482	$ 902,307
Gross profit									251,023	299,279	373,429
Operating (loss)/income									$ (121,206)	(42,152)	44,482
As Previously Reported [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Revenues, net										1,570,399	1,810,570
Gross profit										762,841	872,431
Operating (loss)/income										(253,471)	2,547
Loss from continuing operations										(327,795)	(239,411)
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.										$ (309,377)	$ (232,565)
Net loss per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc. (usd per share)										$ (1.81)	$ (1.39)
As Previously Reported [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Americas Segment [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Revenues, net										$ 723,427	$ 893,333
Gross profit										298,910	370,288
Operating (loss)/income										$ (25,511)	$ 41,431