| Continent: | Oceania |
| Gender: | Women |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Host: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | 28–30 July |
| Teams: | 2 |
| Federations: | 21 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Champions: | Australia |
| Title Number: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 1974 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 1978 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament, a best-of-three series between and, was held in Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington. Australia won the series 3-0 to win its second consecutive Oceania Championship.