Known locally as Imouran and often written as Roches Diables, Devil's Rock is where people who have spent a week on beach breaks find out what a point feels like.
What makes it different
On a beach break the wave breaks in front of you and you ride straight in. Here it peels along the rock in a predictable line, so you can angle across it and keep riding as it unfolds. For most people that is the moment surfing starts to make sense.
The takeoff spot is fixed rather than shifting, which sounds easier and is initially harder — you have to be in one place at one moment rather than anywhere along a sandbar.
The bottom
Rock and boulders rather than sand. Nothing razor-sharp like coral, but enough that a bad fall at low water can leave a bruise or a cut foot, and the walk out over the rocks deserves attention.
Booties are worth having if you are surfing rocky spots several days running.
When it works
It needs a decent northwest swell. On small summer days it can be sleepy or absent; on solid winter swells it holds real size and becomes a considerably more serious proposition. Autumn and spring are the sweet spot for an improver.
Etiquette here
A local wave, surfed by people who live in Aourir year-round. The surfer nearest the breaking part has priority and everyone else pulls back. Wait your turn, do not drop in, and you will find people friendly.