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Loans Payable - Project Term Loan - Additional Information (Detail)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 18, 2016
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 10, 2015
USD ($)
May 11, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2016
USD ($)
Installment
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2016
USD ($)
$ / shares
Mar. 31, 2016
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2015
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2015
Tranches
Sep. 30, 2016
USD ($)
Subsidiaries
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2015
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Oct. 01, 2015
Mar. 11, 2015
USD ($)
Oct. 01, 2014
USD ($)
Aug. 14, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
$ / shares
May 10, 2012
USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable                                 $ 8,000,000
Expected interest expenses         $ 598,931   $ 1,206,662   $ 1,529,278 $ 2,888,386              
Loans payable         22,036,460       $ 22,036,460   $ 18,199,632            
Share repurchase agreement expiration date                 Mar. 30, 2016                
Promissory note outstanding amount         14,750,000       $ 14,750,000                
Call option expiration date                 Mar. 11, 2016                
Derivative, fixed value         40,000,000       $ 40,000,000                
Estimated market rate loan percentage                 15.00%                
Debt discount amount         383,148       $ 383,148                
Oceanica Call Option (MINOSA) [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Stock granted during period, value     $ 40,000,000           $ 40,000,000                
Stock granted during period, percentage     54.00%           54.00%                
Monaco Notes [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable         2,800,000       $ 2,800,000                
Expected interest expenses                 0                
Notes payable, carrying value         $ 3,449,632       $ 3,449,632                
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Per share value of shares purchased by private investor | $ / shares                               $ 2.50  
Promissory Note [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Debt instrument maturity date                 Mar. 18, 2017                
Interest rate, stated percentage         8.00%       8.00%                
Call option     $ 14,750,000                            
Accrued interest                 $ 960,950                
Promissory Note [Member] | Stock Purchase Agreement [Member] | MINOSA [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Number of advances | Tranches               5                  
Promissory Note [Member] | Stock Purchase Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member] | MINOSA [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option                         $ 14,750,000        
Promissory Note [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option         $ 14,750,000       14,750,000                
First Tranche [Member] | Promissory Note [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option         2,000,000       2,000,000                
Second Tranche [Member] | Promissory Note [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option         6,000,000       6,000,000                
Third Tranche [Member] | Promissory Note [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option         $ 3,000,000       $ 3,000,000                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable                             $ 10,000,000    
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries | Subsidiaries                 2                
Debt instrument, number of shares | shares                 100,000                
Debt instrument, Value of shares                 $ 250,000                
Amortization of components included in interest expense                     1,895,263            
Marketing program compensation expenses, percentage yet to be recognized                 5.00%                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Minimum [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Initial principal amount of note, percent                 50.00%                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Maximum [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Initial principal amount of note, percent                 100.00%                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Shares issued to lender | shares                 100,000                
Per share value of shares purchased by private investor | $ / shares         $ 3.15       $ 3.15                
Aggregate value of shares issued to lender                 $ 1,000,000                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Loan Modification March Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Per share value of shares purchased by private investor | $ / shares       $ 1.00   $ 1.00                      
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | First Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Loan amount borrowed                             5,000,000    
Unused borrowing capacity                             5,000,000    
Call option         $ 5,000,000       5,000,000                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Second Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable                           $ 2,500,000      
Unused borrowing capacity                             2,500,000    
Interest rate, stated percentage                       11.00%   8.00%      
Call option         2,500,000       2,500,000                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Third Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Unused borrowing capacity                             $ 2,500,000    
Call option         2,500,000       2,500,000                
NoteOneMonacoTwoThousandForteen [Member] | Amended Promissory Notes [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Extinguishment of debt, amount                     2,200,000            
Notes ceased to bear interest, amount                     $ 5,000,000            
Debt instrument maturity date                     Dec. 31, 2017            
Outstanding notes balance                     $ 2,800,000            
Long term notes         2,800,000       2,800,000                
Loan Modification [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Conversion price of Notes | $ / shares       $ 1.00   $ 1.00                      
BCF amount recorded                 456,250                
Expected interest expenses                 $ 112,514                
Loans payable       $ 2,800,000   $ 2,800,000                      
Debt component in loans payable       1,450,397   1,450,397                      
Loan Modification [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Debt instrument maturity date                 Dec. 31, 2017                
Call option   $ 10,000,000                              
Equity component in loans payable       $ 1,349,603   $ 1,349,603                      
Loan Modification [Member] | Monaco [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Per share value of shares purchased by private investor | $ / shares       $ 3.15   $ 3.15                      
Number of options eliminated under share purchase option | shares       3,174,603   3,174,603                      
Loan Modification [Member] | First Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Call option   $ 5,000,000                              
Agreement description                 Monaco agreed to cease interest as of December 10, 2015 and reduce the loan balance by (i) the cash or other value received by Monaco from the SS Central America shipwreck project (“SSCA”) or (ii) if the proceeds received by Monaco from the SSCA project are insufficient to pay off the loan balance by December 31, 2017, then Monaco can seek repayment of the remaining outstanding balance on the loan by withholding Odyssey’s 21.25% “additional consideration” in new shipwreck projects performed for Monaco in the future.                
Additional consideration percentage   21.25%                              
Loan Modification [Member] | Second Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable   $ 300,000                              
Debt instrument maturity date   Dec. 31, 2017                              
Call option   $ 2,500,000                              
Reduced principal amount   $ 2,200,000                              
Loan Modification [Member] | Third Tranche [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Debt instrument maturity date   Dec. 31, 2017                              
Call option   $ 2,500,000                              
Note 2 [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable       $ 1,825,000   $ 1,825,000                      
Debt instrument maturity date           Apr. 01, 2018                      
Interest rate, stated percentage       10.00%   10.00%                      
Note 2 [Member] | Monaco Notes [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable         2,800,000       $ 2,800,000                
Fair value         3,617,859       3,617,859                
Equity component in loans payable         1,063,487       1,063,487                
Note 2 [Member] | Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Conversion price of Notes | $ / shares       $ 1.00   $ 1.00                      
Note 2 [Member] | Exploraciones Oceanicas [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable       $ 18,000,000   $ 18,000,000                      
Debt instrument maturity date       Sep. 25, 2015                          
Note 2 [Member] | Oceanica Marine Operations [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable       $ 9,300,000   9,300,000                      
Debt instrument term       30 days                          
Aggregate consideration payable       $ 1,800,000   1,800,000                      
Debt instrument number of installments | Installment       10                          
Installment amount of Notes       $ 750,000   $ 750,000                      
Fair value         0       0                
Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member] | Epsilon Acquisitions, LLC [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable $ 3,000,000                                
Debt instrument maturity date Mar. 18, 2017                                
Interest rate, stated percentage 10.00%                                
Conversion price of Notes | $ / shares $ 5.00                                
Installment amount of Notes $ 1,500,000                                
BCF amount recorded                 $ 96,000                
Notes security description                 We granted security interests to Epsilon in (a) the 54 million cuotas (a unit of ownership under Panamanian law) of Oceanica Resources S. de R.L. (“Oceanica”) held by our wholly owned subsidiary, Odyssey Marine Enterprises, Ltd. (“OME”), (b) all notes and other receivables from Oceanica and its subsidiary owed to the Odyssey Pledgors, and (c) all of the outstanding equity in OME.                
Conversion price of Notes upon default | $ / shares $ 2.50                                
Security deposit liability $ 54,000,000                                
Number of trading days 75 days                                
Outstanding principal of the note         3,050,000       $ 3,050,000                
Lender's out of pocket costs         $ 50,000       $ 50,000                
Debt Instrument, acceleration clause description                 The obligations under the Restated Note may be accelerated upon the occurrence of specified events of default including (a) OME’s failure to pay any amount payable under the Restated Note on the date due and payable; (b) OME’s or our failure to perform or observe any term, covenant, or agreement in the Restated Note or the related documents, subject to a five-day cure period; (c) the occurrence and expiration of all applicable grace periods, if any, of an event of default or material breach by OME, us or any of our affiliates under any of the other loan documents; (d) the termination of the Stock Purchase Agreement; (e) commencement of certain specified dissolution, liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar cases or actions by or against OME or any of its subsidiaries, in specified circumstances unless dismissed or stayed within 60 days; (f) the entry of a judgment or award against OME or any of its subsidiaries in excess of $100,000; and (g) the occurrence of a change in control (as defined in the Restated Note).                
Interest expenses related to debt discount recorded                 $ 51,195                
Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member] | MINOSA [Member]                                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                  
Aggregate amount issuable $ 14,750,000                                
Debt instrument, number of shares | shares 100,000                                
Debt Instrument, acceleration clause description                 The indebtedness may be accelerated upon the occurrence of specified events of default including (a) OME’s failure to pay any amount payable on the date due and payable; (b) OME or we fail to perform or observe any term, covenant, or agreement in the Purchase Agreement or the related documents, subject to a five-day cure period; (c) an event of default or material breach by OME, us or any of our affiliates under any of the other loan documents shall have occurred and all grace periods, if any, applicable thereto shall have expired; (d) the Stock Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated; (e) specified dissolution, liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar cases or actions are commenced by or against OME or any of its subsidiaries, in specified circumstances unless dismissed or stayed within 60 days; (f) the entry of judgment or award against OME or any of its subsidiaries in excess or $100,000; and (g) a change in control (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) occurs.