It hosted a little port, named Olearola, owned by the Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni and used to trade with Sicily and North Africa.

[2] Ogliastro Marina is located in northern Cilento, along the Cilentan Coast by the Tyrrhenian Sea.

[3] The village is divided from the nearby hamlet of Case del Conte (in the comune of Montecorice) by Rio dell'Arena river and shares with it a large beach.

The settlement is divided into a pair of inhabited areas, named Baia dell'Arena (east) and Punta di Ogliastro (west), with a coastal park in the middle.

The village is 5 km far from San Marco, 7 from Santa Maria and Castellabate, 8 from Montecorice, 9 from Agnone and 20 from Agropoli.