Condensed Combined Financial Information - Condensed Combined Statement of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ 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
Condensed Income 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
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)/income									(189,982)	(253,102)	5,688
Interest expense, net									66,729	75,991	71,049
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)
Less: net 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)
Debtors [Member]
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenues, net									498,123
Gross profit									203,747
Selling, general and administrative expense									257,332
Asset impairments									83,086
Operating (loss)/income									(136,671)
Interest expense, net									43,843
Equity in earnings									91,271
Reorganization items									35,192
Loss before provision/(benefit) for income taxes									(306,977)
Provision/(Benefit) for income taxes									(19)
Loss from continuing operations									(306,958)
(Loss)/income from discontinued operations									(2)
Net loss									(306,960)
Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest									788
Net loss attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.									$ (306,172)