Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Summary of Quarterly Financial Data (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ 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
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
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
Loss from continuing operations attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.	(133,096)	(124,712)	(37,594)	(18,290)	(49,315)	(218,309)	(37,880)	(21,529)		(313,692)	(327,033)	(235,625)
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations attributable to Quiksilver, Inc.	0	0	0	7,520	(1,223)	(2,283)	(15,244)	37,720		7,520	18,970	6,201
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)
Loss per share from continuing operations attributable to Quiksilver, Inc., assuming dilution (usd per share)	$ (0.77)	$ (0.73)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.29)	$ (1.28)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.13)		$ (1.83)	$ (1.92)	$ (1.41)
Income/(loss) per share from discontinued operations attributable to Quiksilver, Inc., assuming dilution (usd per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.09)	0.22		0.04	0.11	0.04
Net loss per share attributable to Quiksilver, Inc., assuming dilution (usd per share)	$ (0.78)	$ (0.73)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.06)	$ (0.30)	$ (1.29)	$ (0.31)	$ 0.10		$ (1.79)	$ (1.81)	$ (1.37)
Trade accounts receivable, net	$ 213,493	$ 218,962	$ 251,947	$ 258,952	$ 311,014	$ 308,113	$ 343,767	$ 331,141	$ 218,962	$ 213,493	$ 311,014
Inventories	295,062	338,432	$ 291,248	$ 306,119	$ 284,517	337,164	309,585	$ 365,075	338,432	295,062	284,517
Goodwill impairment						4,000	$ 15,000			79,583	178,197	$ 0
Asset Impairment Charges										118,538	189,131	12,327
Americas Segment [Member]
Goodwill impairment		74,000							74,000	73,376	0
APAC [Member]
Goodwill impairment									$ 6,000	6,207	0
EMEA [Member]
Goodwill impairment						$ 178,000				0	178,197
Operating Segments [Member] | Americas Segment [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Revenues, net										618,691	724,482	902,307
Gross profit										251,023	299,279	373,429
Goodwill impairment										73,376	0	0
Operating Segments [Member] | APAC [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Revenues, net										245,459	262,494	282,070
Gross profit										130,125	143,452	143,874
Goodwill impairment										6,207	0	0
Asset Impairment Charges	2,000
Operating Segments [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Revenues, net										477,240	583,650	631,546
Gross profit										250,822	324,542	358,175
Goodwill impairment										$ 0	$ 178,197	$ 0
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 5,000	$ 16,000