The oil spill only affected one beach on the west coast - Ao Phrao - and has now been largely cleaned up. All the other beaches on the island were unaffected and if not for access to TV anyone staying on the east coast would not have known there ever was an oil spill. No oil, no smell, no nothing! Unless you are booked to stay at one of the three resorts on AoPhrao there is nothing at all to worry about.