The air on the beach was chilly, with temperatures in the 40s Fahrenheit (roughly 4 to 9 degrees Celsius ). To acclimate the turtle for reentry, the facility kept her tank’s water temperature at around 80 F (27 C), Barron said. Beachgoers snapped photos as the turtle crawled down the sand, the satellite tracker’s long antenna waving in the air, before she disappeared into the waves. The turtle was named Pyari, a Hindi term of endearment meaning “lovely” or “beloved.” She arrived at the center in November from the nearby Inwater Research Group. “It’s definitely always very gratifying to see these animals go back into their ocean home,” Barron said.