diff --git a/python/ray/data/dataset.py b/python/ray/data/dataset.py
index 7752fe075d50c..6a1d5b07a67b6 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/dataset.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/dataset.py
@@ -3369,6 +3369,7 @@ def write_bigquery(
         self,
         project_id: str,
         dataset: str,
+        max_retry_cnt: int = 10,
         ray_remote_args: Dict[str, Any] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Write the dataset to a BigQuery dataset table.
@@ -3397,6 +3398,10 @@ def write_bigquery(
             dataset: The name of the dataset in the format of ``dataset_id.table_id``.
                 The dataset is created if it doesn't already exist. The table_id is
                 overwritten if it exists.
+            max_retry_cnt: The maximum number of retries that an individual block write
+                is retried due to BigQuery rate limiting errors. This isn't
+                related to Ray fault tolerance retries. The default number of retries
+                is 10.
             ray_remote_args: Kwargs passed to ray.remote in the write tasks.
         """  # noqa: E501
         if ray_remote_args is None:
@@ -3412,7 +3417,7 @@ def write_bigquery(
         else:
             ray_remote_args["max_retries"] = 0
 
-        datasink = _BigQueryDatasink(project_id, dataset)
+        datasink = _BigQueryDatasink(project_id, dataset, max_retry_cnt=max_retry_cnt)
         self.write_datasink(datasink, ray_remote_args=ray_remote_args)
 
     @Deprecated
diff --git a/python/ray/data/datasource/bigquery_datasink.py b/python/ray/data/datasource/bigquery_datasink.py
index c0af8a16688cf..61d490c74c517 100644
--- a/python/ray/data/datasource/bigquery_datasink.py
+++ b/python/ray/data/datasource/bigquery_datasink.py
@@ -15,18 +15,24 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-MAX_RETRY_CNT = 10
+DEFAULT_MAX_RETRY_CNT = 10
 RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED_SLEEP_TIME = 11
 
 
 class _BigQueryDatasink(Datasink):
-    def __init__(self, project_id: str, dataset: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        project_id: str,
+        dataset: str,
+        max_retry_cnt: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRY_CNT,
+    ) -> None:
         _check_import(self, module="google.cloud", package="bigquery")
         _check_import(self, module="google.cloud", package="bigquery_storage")
         _check_import(self, module="google.api_core", package="exceptions")
 
         self.project_id = project_id
         self.dataset = dataset
+        self.max_retry_cnt = max_retry_cnt
 
     def on_write_start(self) -> None:
         from google.api_core import exceptions
@@ -71,25 +77,35 @@ def _write_single_block(block: Block, project_id: str, dataset: str) -> None:
                 pq.write_table(block, fp, compression="SNAPPY")
 
                 retry_cnt = 0
-                while retry_cnt < MAX_RETRY_CNT:
+                while retry_cnt <= self.max_retry_cnt:
                     with open(fp, "rb") as source_file:
                         job = client.load_table_from_file(
                             source_file, dataset, job_config=job_config
                         )
-                    retry_cnt += 1
                     try:
                         logger.info(job.result())
                         break
                     except exceptions.Forbidden as e:
-                        logger.info("Rate limit exceeded... Sleeping to try again")
-                        logger.debug(e)
+                        retry_cnt += 1
+                        if retry_cnt > self.max_retry_cnt:
+                            break
+                        logger.info(
+                            "A block write encountered a rate limit exceeded error"
+                            + f" {retry_cnt} time(s). Sleeping to try again."
+                        )
+                        logging.debug(e)
                         time.sleep(RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED_SLEEP_TIME)
 
-                # Raise exception if retry_cnt hits MAX_RETRY_CNT
-                if retry_cnt >= MAX_RETRY_CNT:
+                # Raise exception if retry_cnt exceeds max_retry_cnt
+                if retry_cnt > self.max_retry_cnt:
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"Maximum ({self.max_retry_cnt}) retry count exceeded. Ray"
+                        + " will attempt to retry the block write via fault tolerance."
+                    )
                     raise RuntimeError(
-                        f"Write failed due to {MAX_RETRY_CNT} repeated"
-                        + " API rate limit exceeded responses"
+                        f"Write failed due to {retry_cnt}"
+                        + " repeated API rate limit exceeded responses. Consider"
+                        + " specifiying the max_retry_cnt kwarg with a higher value."
                     )
 
         _write_single_block = cached_remote_fn(_write_single_block)