An optical disc apparatus is disclosed that comprises a jitter value detecting circuit that detects a jitter value based on the signal read out from an optical disc; and a defocus value setting circuit that adjusts a defocus value used for moving an objective lens along the direction of a light axis when focusing of the objective lens to the optical disc is performed, based on the signal that has gone through the jitter value detecting circuit, and causes a defocus adjustment to be made based on the defocus value.