Is California a good place to go to study cetaceans?

I currently live in New York but I've always preferred the west coast more, especially after living in Hawaii for two years. The pacific is more for me. Anyway I wanna move there after I'm done with my masters program. But I don't know the kinds of opportunities out there. I'm open to studying anything really but my main focus would be cetaceans, especially orcas. Those would be my dream to study. So I was curious if anyone had any advice for me pursuing this path on the west coast and where I can start?