located to the immediate north of the rock is the small devil's beach(praia do diabo), especially coveted by beach-goers
eager for a calmer place to spend the day, or for surfers
looking for strong waves. devils'beach ends in
the copacabana fort.
to the south there's the arpoador beach, named after the rock
itself, a small batch of sand, less than half a mile wide, and
which actually corresponds to the first section of the wider
ipanema beach.