When you get off, there are two ferry companies with departures every 30 minutes Seatran Ferry and Raja Ferry. There is a bus ride included with the trip note the strange system of paper tickets combined with circular stickers that you stick on your shirt. It is a 45 minute bus ride down backroads from the ferry terminal to Surat Thani. More than one ferry terminal serves Surat Thani.
Within Surat Thani:
Tuk-Tuks are small local pick-up trucks/public passenger pick-up vehicles cost around 10-20 baht/per around the town. Hail one on any major road with a wave or yell, negotiate a fare, and sit down on the bench in the back. In the event you wish to hire one personally, then you ought to negotiate the cost first.
Tricycles are the local vehicles can be found around the town. There is not enough room for 2 persons to sit down on the bench.