The early forecast for the Rip Curl Pro is looking great, with back to back swells and favourable winds.

Good news for the Rip Curl Pro: the surf forecast has just got a whole lot better.

The Rip Curl Pro forecast still looks grim, but there are small glimmers of hope within the waiting period.

It has to be said, if you don't score decent waves this Easter, you're not trying hard enough!

The Australian continent will be bathed in swell ranging from the large and dangerous in Western and Southern Australia, to the still solid but more sublime on the East Coast.

Victoria's Surf Coast is uniquely positioned with a broad swell window to the southwest, however incoming swells are refracted as they round Cape Otway. This narrows the apparent swell direction at the coast, so when viewed from shore the majority of swells appear to arrive from the south. So how can you tell if there's a westerly swell or a southerly swell running through Bass Strait if they all appear to be arriving from a similar direction at the coast?

Early indications are very promising and there's even a good chance for a solid swell over the Easter break.