Desert Shores (formerly Fish Springs)[1] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, US.

The town is located at the western shore of the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, within the Colorado Desert ecoregion.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

The surficial geology is dominated by Quaternary-era alluvial sands and clays.

Sunshine is abundant all year due to a large amount of descending high pressure, and rainfall averages about 3 inches (76 millimeters) annually.

Desert Shores and its neighboring community of Salton City are governed by the Salton Community Services District (SCSD), which is a special district per California Government Code.

The legislative body of the SCSD is a five-member Board of Directors who are elected by the registered voters in the district every two years.

The SCSD has seven services that it is authorized to provide: Aside from acting as the architectural committee for architectural compliance with the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R) of the 80 plus tracts within the district, the SCSD has no land use authority under existing law; that responsibility falls on the Imperial County Board of Supervisors.

[15] Federally, Desert Shores is in California's 25th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz.

The movie is based on George McCormick's short story collection Salton Sea.