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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | May 10, 2012 | Nov. 08, 2011 | Oct. 11, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Apr. 08, 2011 | Apr. 13, 2014 | Oct. 11, 2013
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants issued to acquire common shares |  | 260,417 omex_ClassOfWarrantOrRightWarrantsIssued |  | 1,800,000 omex_ClassOfWarrantOrRightWarrantsIssued |  |  |  |  |
Warrants expiration date | Apr. 13, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares available for issuance upon exercise |  | 434,027 omex_NumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRightsUponAdditionalFinancing | 434,027 omex_NumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRightsUponAdditionalFinancing |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional financing |  | $ 8,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Linked common shares | 1,562,500 omex_FairValueAssumptionsLinkedCommonShares / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member |  |  |  | 1,562,500 omex_FairValueAssumptionsLinkedCommonShares / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member | 1,562,500 omex_FairValueAssumptionsLinkedCommonShares / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member |  |  |
Warrants Attached to Series G Preferred Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants issued to acquire common shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | 525,000 omex_ClassOfWarrantOrRightWarrantsIssued / us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis = omex_WarrantsAttachedToSeriesGPreferredStockMember |  |
Warrants Attached to Senior Convertible Debt [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants issued to acquire common shares |  |  | 1,302,083 omex_ClassOfWarrantOrRightWarrantsIssued / us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis = omex_WarrantsAttachedToSeniorConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants exercisable date | Nov. 09, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants linked to common stock, outstanding | 1,562,500 us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding / us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis = omex_WarrantsAttachedToSeniorConvertibleDebtMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Linked common shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 525,000 omex_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsFairValueAssumptionsLinkedCommonShares / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember |
Warrants linked to common stock, outstanding | 0 us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Linked common shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,725,000 omex_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsFairValueAssumptionsLinkedCommonShares / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember
Warrants exercisable date | Oct. 11, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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