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The answer is as easy and as hard as divers are different. Depends a lot on bodytype/composition. Skinny tall male/male with a lot of musclemass (keep in mind, these are stereotypes) tend to be leg heavy (think balancing scales. Or even better... don't worry too much about it yet. this is...

If you have just a smidge of ambition to actually dive locally in/around the Oslofjord, which has some really world class cold water diving in all directions within 8hrs driving, then anything BUT a steel plate is madness to buy as your "everyday" plate. Norway is cold(!) water, drysuit...

Beginners DO use them around where you live. ProDykk teaches Open Water in them. Don't remember what OFD does, but they did use them. You will not be assumed to have a certain skill level for using a BPW in Norway. All the dive shops in the Oslofjord area are well accustomed to using/setting...

Yes. But I assume that you, as an experienced diver also know the consequence of continuing to dive with only the one usable regulator. Does your buddy accept the risk you are taking on their behalf? People are usually taught buddy diving within ISO-standard recreational diving. Standards...

Keep in mind that while switching to your back-up is an option to get a dry reg, most would consider this a "non-fixable problem" and one that will demand an immediate return to the surface. the consequence of this way is that you do not have a regulator to donate to your buddy in case of...

Check your mouthpiece for tears between lips and reg, and check the diafragm for tears.

Oslo, Norway! Within 24hrs there is Wrecks in Åland, Mines i Finland and Sweden, Caves i Norway, Wrecks all along the coast of Norway. The only cold water corals within recreational diving depths in the world (AFAIK). Caves in France. Within Norway: Wrecks in the Oslofjord, Kristiansand...

I have no idea of relative weight comparisons. I just give my experience of "average" needed lead for a male, drysuitdiver, europe, wintertime, D12 steels, BPW... Basically, the standard in scandinavia with the same tanks varies from 3-4kg to 6-7 depending on bioprene, musculature, insulating...

Assuming you dive in Netherlands with a dry-suit and winter undergarments, Try a 4,5kg v-weight and 2+1kg on your left side waistband, just thread them in on (not both) of the holes, with the hole not used on the outside) If you do not have a can light, secure the weights with an extra belt buckle.

Winds, yes. Snow, occationaly. You actually never know on the west coast. Was there in January and had -15c and snow topside and -1in the water. And +5-10c a different year. In Ålesund we had sleet in May… And… you can have sunny days, 27c and 4c in the water diving caves in Northern Norway...

1. Yes. Depending on times of year I have experienced Orcas (Very rare though), seals, sharks and all the little different critters. All within recreational depths. 2. Yes. Frankenwald, Fernedale&Parat (spectacular double wreck with safety/decostops on a gorgeous "sailrock" littered with...

Thank you! That was very kind to say, and made a bit of a down day a little bit better. I am just a lazy person who try to share whatever tips I got that made my diving easier. I have a neuromuscular disease, and getting to do the dives that I get to do (GUE T2, C2 CCR2) has been in a lot of...

No I am not. (I know there is a sticker under my name that says so, but I have no idea where it came from, or how it got there) However, I do have 10 years as a GUE diver with maybe more than a little motorchallenges and therefore a personal need to analyse movements and the whys and the whats...

Make her a good breakfast and provide a good lunch. Staying well hydrated and nourished is essential for energysurplus and warmth. (Oh and stay away). Personally, being pearshaped, a BPW made wonders for ease of diving, but in the beginning, anything goes. Just stay in the background. One...

Yes. The smallest of the small flutter can be "a butterflys wing" with most of the movement from the ankle. However, usually, the modified flutter gets its motion from the knee. Lock your hips and thighs and move from the shin and to the foot. You get more power the closer to the knee you get...

Keep in mind the different uses for the full flutter and the modified flutter. A full flutter is a pretty good way to gain powerfull propulsion in situations were you are not able to care too much for the environment. Which is why, propulsion in caves are usually solved by frog kicking...

A full flutter usually gets power from a locked knee and use of thigh/hip musculature. In a modified flutter, the hip is locked and the motion works exclusively on the "sunrise" side of the leg. Typically from 10-2 on the clock. Ankle is usually kept relatively loose on the upstroke and a slight...

Slow down. Try to actually stay still and have a look around and "feel". Discover your surroundings. It is very easy to get "tunnevision" and a very strict tast-focus in classes. (That is normal, and if you can't get past it, dont worry). Just slow down enough for a little while to feel and...

Personal opinion, you get an instructor to travel to you, you get to cherrypick two weekends and get really good instruction... it costs what it costs. Only you know your budget and what is "reasonable".

Personally… I do two+. It depends what kind of suit you will use. Trilam or neoprene. But, always bring double sets. A drysuit is only as dry as the next potential leak. They get fewer with your own suit, but it is nice to have new dry undergarments in case of a leak on a class. Water is 3-5c...